Liam Murphy
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Father Liam Murphy is a fictional character on the FX drama Rescue Me, played by Christopher Durham.
Murphy is the illegitimate son of Michael Gavin and his unnamed mistress of 36 years, and thus the half-brother of Tommy, Johnny, Maggie, Timo and Rosemary Gavin. His mother was unclear as to whether Michael had actually fathered her daughter, Marial.
As a child, Murphy served as an altar boy, and was molested by the priest he attended to. Murphy was traumatized at first, to the point that he wanted to commit suicide. Eventually, however, he grew to enjoy the attention the priest gave him; he felt special to have been "chosen" by a man of God. As an adult, Murphy became a priest himself, and began molesting adolescent boys.
Murphy, who was a few weeks younger than Tommy, eventually made contact with him and revealed that they were brothers. Their cousin, Mickey Gavin, who was at one time a priest himself, was highly suspicious of Murphy and his friendship with a Hispanic altar boy named Ricky. Tommy gave Murphy the benefit of the doubt, but Johnny commented that Murphy seemed a lot like Michael Jackson.
The altar boy's older brother contacted Tommy and explained that Murphy had previously abused him and was most likely doing so to his brother. Tommy, Mickey and Johnny confronted Murphy, who denied the accusations of molestation. Eventually, however, he admitted to what he'd done. Ricky's brother then showed up and shot himself in the head, killing him. An enraged Tommy began to beat Murphy, who was last seen being taken into custody.
