Leave a light on for Jesus

Leave a Light on for Jesus is the tragic story of one man’s life and a love that transcends friendship, abuse and emotional betrayal.

Harsh, gritty and uncompromising in it’s vision of what really happens to the “lost boys” who wash up on the shores of London’s twilight zone this is a cautionary tale for anyone who believes in the innate goodness of those paid to help.

Physically punished by Christian Brothers, beaten at home by a domineering, violent father, Erin Dooley is fated to become a victim. After the savage death of his sister and in a state of emotional collapse, Erin sets out to escape his past and looks for a new life in London. Dependent on his rescuer and benefactor Father David, fourteen-year-old Erin is placed in the safety of a local Catholic care home. But is the love and support that Father David offers really the answer?

A deep friendship that will last a lifetime blossoms in the unlikely confines of the home as Archie and Nick provide Erin with the stability he so deeply yearns for, but everything comes with a price. As the threesome hurtle through the seedy underworld of rent boys in 1960’s Soho, London an innocent love affair is mixed with a fatal cocktail of alcohol, sex and money.