tw // religious trauma , cults , grooming , pedophilia god i wanna strangle Father Bates so bad w my own two hands !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! charismatic disgusting cult leader but like GENUINE /NEG !!!!! i do NOT ship this !! I do NOT want anyone shipping this. Julian is a minor and Father Bates is like 40-50. Father Bates grooms Julian and a few others in his cult !! So this is VERY BAD !!!! Please don't think I'm romanticising this shit - i am NOT, I am just illustrating the events in this story !! Whatever "romance" happens is probably just the thoroughly groomed, twisted version Julian or Father Bates thinks is happening, I don't condone any part of this.