▁" Al ter ▁Boys ," ▁Gr iss om ▁conf ides ▁in ▁a ▁priest ▁that ▁he ▁does ▁not ▁believe ▁in ▁the ▁concept ▁of ▁organized ▁religion ▁and ▁is ▁a ▁la ps ed ▁Catholic , ▁but ▁does ▁believe ▁in ▁the ▁idea ▁of ▁God . ▁In ▁addition ▁to ▁belief ▁in ▁God , ▁Gr iss om ▁and ▁Greg ▁would ▁later ▁agree ▁that ▁scientific ▁education ▁should ▁not ▁necessarily ▁pre clude ▁belief ▁in ▁occ ult ism ▁and ▁other ▁par an ormal ▁concepts . ▁ ▁Although ▁he ▁is ▁very ▁dedicated ▁to ▁his ▁job ▁and ▁sometimes ▁goes ▁to ▁extrem es ▁in ▁his ▁investig ations , ▁his ▁unw illing ness ▁to ▁d ab ble ▁in ▁office ▁politics ▁often ▁al ien ates ▁his ▁super iors , ▁and ▁sometimes ▁his ▁sub ordinates . ▁He ▁gets ▁a ▁lot ▁of ▁help ▁in ▁these ▁areas ▁from ▁right - hand ▁woman ▁Catherine ▁Will ows , ▁who ▁is ▁always ▁trying ▁to ▁make ▁him ▁" look ▁up ▁from ▁the ▁mic ros cope ." ▁ ▁Gr iss om ▁claims ▁to ▁have ▁never ▁h ired ▁a ▁prost itute ▁for ▁sex , ▁stating ▁that ▁sex ▁is ▁intended ▁to ▁create ▁a ▁human ▁emot ional ▁connection . ▁He ▁has ▁also ▁expressed ▁dist aste ▁for ▁carrying ▁a ▁fire arm ▁when ▁in ▁the ▁field , ▁a ▁t endency ▁that ▁has ▁brought ▁several ▁sc old ings ▁from ▁co - worker ▁Jim ▁Br ass . ▁Despite ▁this , ▁he ▁has ▁proven ▁to ▁have ▁an ▁exception al ▁accuracy ▁at ▁the ▁firing ▁range . ▁ ▁He ▁once ▁listed ▁his ▁h obb ies ▁to ▁Lady ▁He ather : ▁" I ▁have ▁out lets