Offering details of the incidents in 'Too Much Is Not Enough', the former 'Girls' actor spills that the sexual assault happened when he attended a Jesuit high school in Omaha, Nebraska.

AceShowbiz - Actor Andrew Rannells was allegedly sexually assaulted by a Catholic priest when he was a teenager.

The former "Girls" star talks about the assault in his new memoir "Too Much Is Not Enough", in which he described his relationship with Father Dominic, who he confided in as he struggled with his sexuality as a Catholic schoolboy in Omaha, Nebraska.

Rannells, who is now openly gay, thought at first that Father Dominic, a teacher at the Jesuit high school he attended, was "so strong and so kind," and opened up to him during a confession.

"This was not your typical confession with private rooms and curtains drawn," he writes in the book. "Priests would set up two chairs close to each other in various darkened corners of the quad, turn on music at a low volume to muddle the sound of confessions, and then you would basically just get right up in a priest's face and whisper your sins. Sometimes he would close his eyes and grab the back of your neck firmly while you confessed."

Initially, Rannells felt comforted by the priest.

"I sat across from him in a dark corner, our knees touching," he continues. "He grabbed my neck, as expected, and I started to talk. I started to try to explain what was happening with me, but I couldn't make the words come out right. Instead, I started to cry. I was so embarrassed... We just sat there while I cried. He finally said, 'It's okay. You've done nothing wrong.' It wasn't exactly what I was looking for, but it still felt nice."

Then things took a dark turn as he alleged Father Dominic forcibly kissed him.

"He stood up and pulled me up with him," he writes. "He hugged me tightly. I felt safe and heard and understood. Then, with unexpected force, he kissed me. On the lips. He muscled his tongue into my mouth and held the back of my head still. Then he released me and made the sign of the cross on my forehead. He smiled."

Stunned by what had happened, Rannells tried to avoid Father Dominic as much as possible for the rest of the year. But when his mother invited the priest, along with some other teachers, to his graduation party, a similar incident took place.

"At some point, Father Dominic needed to leave, and he asked if I could show him out," he writes. "... We stood at my parents' front door and said our goodbyes for the final time, and then he grabbed me by the back of the neck and forced his tongue in my mouth. I just stood there and let him. I didn't kiss back, but I also didn't move. He smiled at me and walked to his car."

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After the second incident, Rannells decided he wanted to leave Omaha and the Catholic church behind him.

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