00:00Shia LaBeouf is considering becoming a deacon after converting to Catholicism.
00:04The Catholic News Agency reports that the Transformers star was confirmed into the Catholic Church on Sunday.
00:10Speaking with the outlet, LaBeouf's confirmation sponsor, Brother Alexander Rodriguez,
00:15said that the actor wants to become a deacon, quote, sometime in the future,
00:18adding that LaBeouf was inspired to do so while filming Abel Ferraro's Padre Pio.
00:23He just spontaneously said, I want to become a deacon, and he still feels that way.
00:27LaBeouf was raised both Jewish by his mother and Christian by his father and had both a bar mitzvah and a baptism.
00:34The actor has said in previous interviews that he was drawn to Catholicism amid alcoholism and difficulties in his personal life,
00:41including a December 2020 lawsuit filed by his former girlfriend FKA Twigs,
00:47who accused LaBeouf of relentless abuse, sexual battery, assault, and emotional distress.
00:52The actor previously told The Hollywood Reporter that Mel Gibson had taken him under his wing
00:56and introduced him to things like Latin Mass.
00:59Many years ago, I went to his house and told him to his face that his religious views and politics were a hindrance to his craft.
01:06He giggled with grace and told me to read about the Maccabees.
01:09As I fell forward, he always remained supportive.
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