Altarboy

What Altarboy is about

Eighteen-year-old Theo is thrown out of his home for being gay and left at a Catholic church, where he's supposed to be "cured." Instead, he ends up answering to Alexander, a young, good-looking priest who is also a real jerk, and who promptly makes Theo his personal altar boy.

What starts as a game of temptation between them grows into a slow-burn obsession neither can pray away. The story leans into forbidden love and enemies-to-lovers friction, with hidden-identity and second-chance threads in the mix. It keeps the stakes personal: once the game turns real, both men risk losing everything. Told in 63 bite-sized episodes, it's a taboo romance built on tension, guilt and wanting what you're not supposed to want.

Why watch it

• A slow-burn romance built on temptation, guilt and a very forbidden setup.
• Enemies-to-lovers friction between a strong-willed 18-year-old and a prickly young priest.
• An LGBTQ love story that starts where Theo was sent to be "cured."

Who it's for

Viewers who enjoy taboo LGBTQ romances, possessive slow-burn leads and enemies-to-lovers tension in quick, bite-sized episodes will feel at home here.

Official synopsis

After getting kicked out for being gay, 18-year-old Theo is dumped at a Catholic church to be "cured" — and finds his new priest is young, hot... and a huge jerk who makes Theo his personal altar boy. What starts as a game of temptation becomes a slow-burn obsession neither can pray away, but as the game turns real, both Theo and Alexander risk losing everything to a love neither of them is supposed to want.

Cast

Cayman Cardiff, Declan Clifford