John Church, a roaming priest of eighteenth century England, has a problem: He loves men and everyone knows it, from his jealous mentor, his young, eager students, and even his less than adoring wife. Trouble begins to surface when his mentor reassigns John to a small parish in Banbury in hopes of stealing the affections of John’s young lover. Upon arriving in Banbury, John finds the affections of the churchwarden’s sons and their buckish young friends too much to handle. Desperate to avoid arrest for his scandalous activities, John runs away into the underground world of the gay brothels of London in a final attempt to escape persecution.
John Church, a roaming priest of eighteenth century England, has a problem: He loves men and everyone knows it, from his jealous mentor, his young, eager students, and even his less than adoring wife. Trouble begins to surface when his mentor reassigns John to a small parish in Banbury in hopes of stealing the affections of John’s young lover. Upon arriving in Banbury, John finds the affections of the churchwarden’s sons and their buckish young friends too much to handle. Desperate to avoid arrest for his scandalous activities, John runs away into the underground world of the gay brothels of London in a final attempt to escape persecution.