Father Dan Reehil

I had to go, and I joined the Wall Street Young Catholics Association to make new friends with guys that were trying to live virtuous lives.

Big 180, just by putting the right people around you.

The life is crazy.

I'm just gonna leave it at that, because I don't want to scandalize the faithful.

But you know, you're living in the biggest city in the world with everything available, and you're making a ton of money.

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And then I started working for a public relations firm where I was working with both New York corporations, big ones, Citicorp, Chase, Pfizer, but also the celebrity route.

So Jennifer Lopez was a client, Tommy Hilfiger,

Rolling Stone Magazine's photographer, Mark Seliger, and he was introducing me to people like Brad Pitt and Jerry Seinfeld at his parties.

And there's just, you know, there's no end to the craziness that goes on in a lot of these circles, okay?

I'm not saying any of these people were doing that, but the lifestyle is there if you want it.

So yeah, I had to make big decisions on reading all that stuff out and just working towards a virtuous life, which would bring forth the peace that I was really looking for.

It's just peace.

A peace where I just felt good about my life and I wasn't always anxious or angry or just full of all these negative emotions.

So here I am, the Lord, when he asked me, he said, listen, you know, I'm gonna use you to bring healing and reparation to people who've been hurt.

I was like, oh, well, that's, all right, that's kind of an interesting twist.

Now, I would, today, looking back, I could say, well, that should be every priest.

It shouldn't just be a special case, you know, because you got abused.

But he was going into that deeper for the abused victims, too.

And I would find myself in the most ridiculous positions.