Rabbit, Run | Jack Eccles

Eccles is Janice's parents' clergyman, an Episcopal minister. Although he professes to be religious, he does not have any faith. He plays golf with his churchgoers so he can be a pal to them and hangs out at that corner soda shop with teenagers, again being a pal. His wife is aware of the self-serving nature of these actions, however, and she remarks that he does not particularly want to help the teenagers; he is merely titillated by the teenagers' questions about how far you can "go" on a date without being sinful. He is similarly chastised by another minister, Reverend Kruppenbach, who...

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