father-confessor

He would sit down, and, two seconds later, they would be telling him of their deepest, darkest problems, like he was their brother or their father-confessor.

PTSD: Not A New Ailment On 'Wartorn' Battlefield 2010

Mallon was so close to former president Bush that he described him in his autobiography as “surrogate uncle and father-confessor.”

Pill-Popping Goyische Radio Jockeys Need To Shut The Fuck Up About The Nazis | ATTACKERMAN 2009

Tall and white-haired, Mr. Dunphy has a father-confessor demeanor that some attribute to his years of Catholic schooling in Dublin.

The Man Behind Damien Hirst 2008

She had imbibed an idea, strengthened by an old doting father-confessor, that the

Count Robert of Paris 2008

At the same time, he took up his traditional duties as chief - that combination of administrator, lawgiver, father-confessor, and figurehead.

The man simply known as 'Chief' 2007

At the same time, he took up his traditional duties as chief - that combination of administrator, lawgiver, father-confessor, and figurehead.

Special Edition: A Tribute to Chief Albert Luthuli 2007

To see his handwriting again on an envelope, after thinking so anxiously of making a father-confessor of him, started her out of her equanimity.

Two on a Tower 2006

The proposal being embraced, he, as usual, handed her into the street, and took all opportunities of promoting his suit; but they were attended so closely by her father-confessor, that he foresaw it would be impracticable to accomplish his aim without the connivance of that ecclesiastic.

The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle 2004

Lamennais; her master Pierre Leroux; her father-confessor

The George Sand-Gustave Flaubert Letters 2003

When he found a curiosity equal to his own, he exploited this mine with the cynicism of a father-confessor.

Balzac 2003