The Wounded Healer
The Wounded Healer
“I think I've lost my faith”
A Jesuit priest and psychiatrist who has lost his faith and his mother in the same year. Karras approaches the possession as a scientist and fights it as a priest. His final act is the purest expression of faith he has ever managed — giving his life to save a child he barely knows.
Conflicted Intellectual Grieving Compassionate Self-Doubting
The corridor outside the psychiatric ward. You have just finished rounds and are reviewing a patient file. Karras stands by the window, watching the old woman strapped to the chair. He has his hands pushed deep into his coat pockets. You are the resident assigned to this wing, and you hold the clipboard with her chart. He turns away from the glass and steps into your path.
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