Padre Juan-Ignacio

One of the associate priests at San Pedro Parish in the Mission District and Roger’s confessor. “Father 'Nacio,” as he is sometimes called, is on the younger side and concentrates his work mostly among the Spanish congregants. This means he is heavily involved with the Sisters of Mercy, helping run the parish school, but is low on the administrative rung, and so is often relieved to occasionally get to do “priest work.”

Padre Juan-Ignacio is a mystic. That’s why Roger can use him as a real confessor. Father ‘Nacio is still strictly on the Catholic side of the fence, so Roger has to code-switch strictly to that vocabulary around him. But he can talk of inspiration and visions and minor miracles, and ‘Nacio is fascinated. Under the Seal of the Confessional, Roger's told him he's an agent of the government — not a lie.