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After his death, [[Bishop Graves]] described him to DCI Barnaby as not an especially popular priest, but that he wasn't hated. He was fallible, a little pompous, not terribly clever, very conscious of the dignity of his office, and inclined to meddle in matters he didn't fully understand, but he meant well. He also noted that "the Church doesn't send its brightest to [[Midsomer Malham]]" |
After his death, [[Bishop Graves]] described him to DCI Barnaby as not an especially popular priest, but that he wasn't hated. He was fallible, a little pompous, not terribly clever, very conscious of the dignity of his office, and inclined to meddle in matters he didn't fully understand, but he meant well. He also noted that "the Church doesn't send its brightest to [[Midsomer Malham]]" |
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Latest revision as of 09:21, 28 July 2021
Father James Behan is a character appearing in the episode A Sacred Trust of the ITV crime drama Midsomer Murders.
He was the Roman Catholic parish priest of Midsomer Malham and chaplain and confessor to the nuns of Midsomer Priory. A somewhat pompous Irishman, Behan did not get along particularly well with the nuns, suspecting they viewed him as little more than a servant, and frequently clashed with the Prioress Mother Julian over the Priory's refusal to modernize.
He was close friends with Lauren Hendred, one of his parishioners, though her husband Matthew and her son Duncan apparently regarded him with contempt.
Father Behan was ultimately murdered by the killer of Mother Thomas Aquinas, who strangled the priest in his own presbytery.
After his death, Bishop Graves described him to DCI Barnaby as not an especially popular priest, but that he wasn't hated. He was fallible, a little pompous, not terribly clever, very conscious of the dignity of his office, and inclined to meddle in matters he didn't fully understand, but he meant well. He also noted that "the Church doesn't send its brightest to Midsomer Malham"