What’s Weird and Wonderful?
By LENORE SKENAZY
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Compact, bandy-legged, and muscular, with a lantern jaw and a buzz cut that frames piercing, fervent eyes, the un-ordained Catholic youth minister at the center of the new HBO documentary “Hard as Nails,” which makes its premiere tonight, Justin Fatica, initially comes across as the Henry Rollins of preachers. At home, on the road, or working a church basement audience of junior high schoolers, Mr. Fatica is never less than hard-core. Seeking to clarify one young volunteer’s responsibility to protect Jesus, Mr. Fatica tells the child, “If you’re going to sin, you better have the courage to bash His face in.”
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|Compact, bandy-legged, and muscular, with a lantern jaw and a buzz cut that frames piercing, fervent eyes, the un-ordained Catholic youth minister at the center of the new HBO documentary “Hard as Nails,” which makes its premiere tonight, Justin Fatica, initially comes across as the Henry Rollins of preachers. At home, on the road, or working a church basement audience of junior high schoolers, Mr. Fatica is never less than hard-core. Seeking to clarify one young volunteer’s responsibility to protect Jesus, Mr. Fatica tells the child, “If you’re going to sin, you better have the courage to bash His face in.”
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