This is how we do it: ‘As a Catholic monk, I was celibate. But sex with Orla feels so natural’

Rory left the monastery after feeling lonely; with Orla, herself a Catholic, he’s been making up for lost time

This is how we do it: ‘As a Catholic monk, I was celibate. But sex with Orla feels so natural’

TL;DR

  • Orla and Rory are a Catholic couple who are both openly bisexual.
  • Rory was celibate for three years while training to be a monk.
  • Orla previously struggled with using sex to gain affection and focused on her partner's pleasure.
  • With Rory, Orla feels safe and can lose herself during sex, orgasming from oral sex for the first time.
  • Rory finds their sexual relationship to be a physical expression of their love, though he worries it might be too 'vanilla'.
  • They sometimes worry about being judged at mass for having premarital sex.
  • Rory's past as a monk and Orla's struggle to find someone understanding of both sides of her made their connection feel more meaningful.