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The Narrator
The unnamed boy who is the story’s protagonist. The story follows the young narrator as he attempts to make sense of the intimate but odd relationship that he had with the recently deceased Father Flynn.
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Father Flynn
A priest who dies shortly after he is paralyzed by his third stroke. Over the course of the story, it becomes apparent that Father Flynn was not a good man.
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Old Cotter
A family friend of the narrator’s aunt and uncle. He is suspicious of both Father Flynn and the relationship that Father Flynn had with the narrator.
The Narrator’s Uncle
A man who shares Old Cotter’s suspicions of Father Flynn. He feels his nephew should be spending time with boys his own age instead of an aging priest.
The Narrator’s Aunt
A woman who disagrees with both her husband and Old Cotter. She is a pious woman who was pleased that her nephew was spending so much time with Father Flynn.
Father O’Rourke
Another priest who anointed Father Flynn and completed all of the necessary paperwork and death notices. He and another priest discovered Father Flynn laughing alone in the confession booth shortly before his death.
Nannie and Eliza Flynn
Father Flynn’s sisters who the narrator encounters when he and his aunt go to pay their respects. The two women tell the narrator and his aunt that their brother was mentally unwell before he passed.
