"You've changed diocese?" Gabriel asked, with some surprise in his voice, before realizing that that was rather rude. It was not unheard of, if a priest really wanted to get away from a particular bishop, or a bishop wanted to get rid of a particular priest. But it was not the common practice either. And there was always that scent of scandal surrounding the whole thing, even if nobody knew how often that actually was the reason.

He quickly forced a smile. Even if the reason had been scandal, the priest's former sins were none of his concern. He was hardly in a position to cast the first stone. "Started out as a chaplain in Hull before coming here. I was born in Hull, so I suppose it's better to be here." It had been somewhat awkward to minister to elderly ladies who had pinched his cheek when he was a boy and still spoke about him like he was in diapers.