Not a bad write-up but one thing that's conspicuously missing is anything about Lynda, John's mother, who apparently was the most devout of the family. Isn't he

Not a bad write-up but one thing that's conspicuously missing is anything about Lynda, John's mother, who apparently was the most devout of the family. Isn't her influence in his life likely to be as or more important than his father's? My guess is that the author had access to Patrick but not Lynda and shaped the narrative accordingly; if true, that would be unfortunate.