Summaries

A homosexual Catholic priest finds out during confessional that a young girl is being sexually abused by her father, and has to decide how to deal with both that secret and his own.

A young Catholic priest, Father Greg Pilkington, joins an inner-city parish. In confession a teenage girl reveals how her father is molesting her, leaving Father Pilkington in a quandary. Equally vexing to the priest is his own sexual orientation.—grantss

Father Greg Pilkington (Linus Roache) is torn between his call as a conservative Catholic priest and his secret life as a homosexual with a gay lover, frowned upon by the Church. Upon hearing the confession of a young girl of her incestuous father, Greg enters an intensely emotional spiritual struggle deciding between choosing morals over religion and one life over another.—Eric Chor <[email protected]>

A priest tries to reconcile his love for another man with his love for God, but when a girl steps into the confessional and reveals that her father sexually abuses her, he's frustrated by the laws of the church and questions his faith in a God who would allow this to happen.—R. John Berggren <[email protected]>

Details

Keywords
  • homosexual
  • catholic priest
  • homosexuality
  • gay priest
  • sexual repression
Genres
  • Drama
  • Romance
Release date Mar 16, 1995
Motion Picture Rating (MPA) R
Countries of origin United Kingdom
Official sites Official site
Language English Latin
Filming locations Blundellsands, Merseyside, England, UK
Production companies BBC Film Miramax PolyGram Filmed Entertainment

Box office

Gross US & Canada $4165845
Opening weekend US & Canada $113430
Gross worldwide $4165845

Tech specs

Runtime 1h 45m
Color Color
Sound mix Dolby Digital
Aspect ratio 1.66 : 1

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