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A 6 page paper which analyzes how the film’s protagonist, Father Greg Pilkington (played by Linus Roache) is prevented from being a Roman Catholic priest by his homosexual affair and how, paradoxically, his affair is prevented by being a Roman Catholic priest. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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before. The British production, which had originally appeared a year earlier as a four-part television series, was condemned by the Council of Catholic Churches as being blasphemous, for its
portrayal of priests as heterosexual and homosexual. However, as the director and screenwriter Jimmy McGovern, explained, the film was not an indictment against priests, but upon on the rigid
Church structure that appears to value tradition and doctrine over the moral predicaments of human beings. The film opens with the forced retirement of an aging priest. Father Greg
Pilkington, played by veteran BBC television actor Linus Roache, is sent to the Liverpool parish to as a replacement, to assist Father Matthew Thomas, portrayed by Tom Wilkinson. There
is an immediate clash between the "Old and New Worlds" as Father Matthew resents Father Gregs "modernistic" approach to Catholicism, while at the same time, Father Greg has a serious
problem with his colleagues rather liberal approach to celibacy (Priest, 2002). It is common knowledge that Father Matthew has been carrying on a sexual relationship with an African-American parish
secretary Maria Kerrigan (played by Cathy Tyson) for several years. Father Greg informs his elder with an arrogant superiority, "You cant go around changing the rules because they dont
suit you. Theres just sin" (Kowal, 1995, p. PG). It becomes quite apparent that in terms of morality, Father Greg sees the world in terms of "black and
white," with little tolerance for diversity, in terms of papal respectability (Priest, 2002). That is why it becomes most shocking when, one evening, Father Greg leaves the parish on
his bike, and finds himself a patron in a homosexual bar. He soon finds himself engaged in conversation with a young gay hustler, known only as Graham, portrayed by
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