altar boy

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Scorsese grew up in New York’s Little Italy as a Catholic altar boy and aspiring priest who was also fascinated by the mafiosos that loomed large in his community.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 28, 2025

Born in Chicago in 1955 to parents of Spanish and Franco-Italian descent, Prevost served as an altar boy and was ordained as a priest in 1982.

From BBC • May 8, 2025

“I still feel like the altar boy who is goofing on the priest,” he insists.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 20, 2024

While he served as an altar boy at his hometown Holy Trinity Catholic Church, Rother seemed destined for farm life.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 14, 2023

The altar boy assisting the priest plucked the infant from the font and restored him to Angela, who sobbed and clutched him, dripping, to her bosom.

From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt