Priest Summary
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Antonia Bird
Genres: Drama
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A priest is torn between church dogma and his personal beliefs in this British drama. Father Greg (Linus_Roache) is a Catholic priest who tends to a parish in Liverpool. Like his superior, Father Matthew (Tom_Wilkinson), Father Greg is not dealing well with his vow of celibacy. While Matthew has been discreetly having an affair with his housekeeper, Greg is homosexual, and he occasionally slips out to gay clubs for anonymous encounters with strangers. One night, Father Greg meets a man named Graham (Robert_Carlyle) at the bar; when he bumps into him on the street a few days later, he realizes that he's falling in love with him. As Father Greg struggles with his sexual and spiritual identity, he hears a confession from 14-year-old Lisa Unsworth (Christine_Tremarco), who tells him that her father has been molesting her. Mr. Unsworth (Robert_Pugh) confirms his daughter's allegation during confession, and he tells the priest that he will not stop his incestuous behavior. Should Father Greg violate the seal of the confessional to save Lisa from further abuse? Priest, which opened in America on Good Friday, generated considerable controversy, both with Catholic organizations (who denounced the picture) and the MPAA (the film had to be re-edited to gain an R rating for U.S. release). Mark Deming, Rovi
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