"I would never have said it mattered to me," he admits. "Not before Dan brought it up. I didn't think it was something that would ever be available to me."

He's quiet, then says, "Priests aren't meant to marry. We're meant to be devoted solely to God and when the Church excommunicated me, I doubled down on that devotion. Just because I wasn't a priest didn't mean I couldn't be utterly dedicated."