Five years ago, Norm Self from North Carolina retired from the priesthood to focus on a career to help bring people closer to God.
Now, we know what you're thinking: "What job besides being a priest could Norm do to help bring people closer to the Lord?"
Well we'll tell ya: Norm became a porn star.
Norm was married to a woman for 30 years before realizing he was actually gay, though it took another 20 years on top of that to finally come out.
He made his debut film in 2017, and says that sex should be treated as a joyous part of spiritual life that can actually help bring people closer to God.
He also believes sex should be "freeing," saying per the HuffPost, "It's almost like having a party, that's one of the things I admire about this way of doing porn. We are going to have sex anyway so why not make it a liberating and bonding experience instead of hiding it away in the shadows?"
Norm says he plans to continue acting in porn until society removes "sex-negative norms" from its vocabulary, and until society replaces the negative views to be replaced with a message that says people have the right to enjoy "erotic joy."
He says, "We who have experienced that owe it to our sisters and brothers to share that good news with all who will hear it!"
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