[Rob Stuart]

Dr. Strange’s commitment to his patients goes well beyond what one might reasonably expect of a medical professional. Hospital staff have frequently observed him lifting up the surgical gowns of young women recovering from operations in order to conduct his own supplementary examinations, presumably to see if the surgeons have overlooked anything important. This is always done before the anaesthetic has worn off in order to avoid any embarrassment to those concerned. Not every problem may be apparent at first sight, hence Dr. Strange’s insistence on capturing the evidence on HD video wherever possible. The fact that he often takes this material home for further study on those evenings when his wife is out at her book club is further testament to his extraordinary dedication. Of course, the candidate’s field is ophthalmology rather than gynaecology, but such reductive definitions hardly seem appropriate in discussion of this highly unusual individual.

Having been asked to comment on Father O’Malley’s suitability for a bishopric I can confirm that the candidate has a far more intimate knowledge of sin than most clerics, having apparently committed a great deal of them himself in what I take to be sort of harmartiological research project. As Wittgenstein observed ‘Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent,’ and I understand that there is now very little on which O’Malley may not legitimately pronounce. Although considerations of time, space and good taste preclude my going into details, suffice to say that this Rasputin de nos jours has had cause to repent so often, and of such serious transgressions, that the joy brought to Heaven as a result must be beyond measure. The modesty of the man is such that he chooses not to publicly acknowledge his involvement in what must be exhausting work both, physically and spiritually.