Esquire contributor Tom Chiarella is something of a legend. He's penned dozens of compelling stories over the years for the magazine, ranging from big-name celebrity profiles to personal essays about spending the holidays at a casino. But nothing he's written is more harrowing than the story below, which details the abuse he experienced at an all-boys Jesuit school when he was in ninth grade. It's an intense but powerful read. And it serves as a reminder that we don't always know the trauma that people carry with them. – Chris Hatler, deputy editor |
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I always called him Mr. Tobin, even at his house or in his car or when he finally, and absolutely, elbowed me down onto his couch. He wanted me to call him John. I never did. Not once. |
Before ninth grade, some of my friends started gravitating to an all-boys Jesuit school in the suburbs, and, though it took me a while, I followed suit. I was not raised Catholic and had never even attended Mass. I had no idea what it meant to be Catholic or what a Jesuit was. I had a dim idea that I might play football, since we played sandlot football all the time in my neighborhood. My parents were impressed that I was willing to get serious, but in truth I was just running, scared shitless of the black kids who had made my life so miserable in seventh and eighth grade. I wanted out of the city and applied for admission to McQuaid Jesuit only because some of my friends had done it. I finished the entrance exam twenty minutes early, then gave the answers to the kid next to me, who was crying by the time I'd finished. He never thanked me. I don't believe he got in. But I did. So my mom bought me a blazer and three ties and a little briefcase. I went off, geared myself up for classes that were harder and more unfamiliar than I had expected, tried to find friends among the smooth and savvy kids from suburbs that bore the names of parks and glens—Pittsford, Mendon, Honeoye Falls. I even played football. For two entire weeks, it seemed like everything was going to work out. Then, twelve days into my freshman year, a French teacher raped me. Three days later he did it again. After that, it started raining. |
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In August 2024, fans were not happy with the House of the Dragon season 2 finale. The second season teased one of the franchise's largest and most expensive battles yet, only to postpone the event to the beginning of season 3 due to budgeting constraints. Instead, fans witnessed a lot of characters dramatically staring at each other while promising that the most important fight of their lives was coming soon. Fantasy author George R. R. Martin—who wrote Fire & Blood and every Game of Thrones novel in the A Song of Ice and Fire series—had his own gripes about the show's direction as well, despite serving as an executive producer on House of the Dragon. After the season 2 finale, Martin took to his blog to write a since-removed rant complaining about all the changes showrunner Ryan Condal made to his source material. Those changes would have irreparable effects on season 3, according to Martin, who was worried about the future direction of the series. Now, according to the writer, his relationship with Condal is "abysmal." |
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