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He delivered supplies to the abbey for years and did not see a single nun until he found Sister Victoria hanging from the window. He moved her to the ice house, where he left her lying down, to preserve the body. After leaving the abbey, he began to have nightmares about what he saw, which shook him up greatly. Upon meeting Father Burke and Sister Irene, he initially believes he must have slept with Irene and that Father Burke was either her father or jealous husband. While feeding his goats, he was told to help them on their visit to the abbey. He was initially hesitant but finally relented and agreed to go with them. Once leaving them at the abbey overnight, he walked back to his horse through the cemetery. He was attacked by a vision outside of the crosses, seeing a nun hanging herself once more. He scrambles back into the crosses and finds she cannot follow him inside, so he takes a cross with him back to town to stay safe. He is seen drinking in The Black Bear bar with the cross beside him the next evening. He is told that a young girl killed herself, hung herself in her father's barn, and that it was the influence of the abbey. He sees the shotgun on the wall and takes it with him to save Father Burke and Irene from Valak's evil. He initially uses his axe to dispatch Sister Victoria's reanimated corpse with Father Burke, who tells him to use the shotgun next time. He tells him he wants to save it for emergencies, implying he does not have a lot of ammo. Upon finding Sister Irene alone in the chapel, he helped Father Burke hold down and then kill the reanimated corpse of Sister Oana by using the shotgun. He makes the assumption that the evil is free, to which Irene replies that the demon needs a human soul to escape. Upon figuring out that Sister Victoria sacrificed herself so that Valak would not take her soul, he wanted to leave after admitting he did not understand what she was saying. After getting Father Burke patched up and confirming they needed the relic to stop Valak, he sat by while Father Burke and Irene cemented her vows. He admits that it is a noble act, much like she said to him on the way to the abbey. In the background, he is seen reloading the shotgun In the catacombs, he believes the relic could be anywhere, but Burke reminds Irene of her visions of "Mary points the way." Upon retrieving the relic, he insists that they need to pray first, but Burke replies that there is a time for prayer and a time for action. He follows hesitantly, keeping up with the group until they get to the door that says "God Ends Here." Father Burke breaks off first, and when Irene goes into another room, he starts down the hallway further. Leading with the shotgun, his torch is blown out when he tries to enter another room, and he is blasted back by a demonic wind. He drops the torch and runs. After hearing Irene scream and the door to the main room close, he finds the door and runs at it, throwing himself against it to try and open it. He finally blasts the door open with the shotgun and falls down the stairs into the room full of visions of novitiates with bloody bags on their heads. One of them makes a sound and he aims, but does not fire, making his way through the still bodies of them until they part. He finds Irene, floating in the middle of a pentagram with the same sack over her head, already possessed by Valak. Valak tells Frenchie that he let down everyone in his life and that he should have kept running, calling him "Frenchman." Frenchie corrects him, saying that he is actually French-Canadian and splashes the blood of Christ on Irene's face, casting the demon away from her. He pushes her aside just in time, but he gets grabbed and choked, then thrown, leaving Irene falling into the ritual space without him. When Irene spits the blood of Christ on Valak, supposedly vanquishing him, Frenchie dives into the water to save Irene before she drowns. He takes her to a small alcove and gives her CPR to save her life as the entrance closes. He reminds her that it's called a kiss of life, but it's only called that way because she is a nun now and he knows he should not kiss her. He tells her his real name and she thanks him for saving her life.