altar boy
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A former altar boy, he grew up as one of seven children in Nairobi informal settlements, and his parents scraped together enough to send him to school and university, where he studied criminology.
From Barron's ● Jul. 13, 2026
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
He read books, slowly, mouthing words, holding them reverently like an altar boy the missal for the officiating priest.
From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez
