Priests are human too

Nicole Flattery · Priests are human too: John Broderick’s ‘Pilgrimage’

Colm Tóibín remembers seeing Broderick in the bar of Buswells Hotel in Dublin: ‘He was wearing a beautifully cut three-piece suit with elaborate stripes. He was alone and he looked desolate.’ He remained a Catholic throughout his life and even considered a late vocation to the priesthood, but instead descended into alcoholism.