i think he was just hurting. maybe he thinks he deserves it after what he’s done. rape victims have a very high chance of being victimized again in their lives statistically
I think he was overwhelmt with all the trauma and has subsequently become self destructive.
He uses pain to overcome or distract himself from the things happening around him. Manny picked up the habit of sleeping with dominant tops and be subjected to physical pain like BDSM because at that pain, the only thing he will feel is pain and pleasure, and not all the troubles that had come his way. As for why he did it with the priest again, probably because he saw the priest as some aggressor that could satisfy his craving of that pain.
The first time with the priest dude wasn’t his fault, but can someone explain why he slept with him out of his own will the second time? Like wasn’t the ML staring at him off in a distance????