"And I think my sexuality was heavily repressed by the church, by the, you know, the design of the mortal sins."

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"And I think my sexuality was heavily repressed by the church, by the, you know, the design of the mortal sins."

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"You know, so I was a weird eccentric kid but I did believe in the power of the word and of the word being made flesh I suppose, which again I suppose came from my temperament as well as my upbringing."

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"So nonetheless given the importance that was placed on sport in Australia, I wanted to be part of that scene, particularly since I had felt very strongly in my early schooling being marginalised even in the Catholic school."

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