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[Distant voice speaking Italian]

[Speaks Italian]

[Italian continues]

[Speaks Italian]

[Speaks Italian]

The Church has AIDS!
The Church has AIDS!

I have no voice in this
conference!

Our fellow priests are dying,
and the Vatican does nothing!

Open your eyes
to what's going on!

- Stop this sham before
it's too late!
- [Speaks Italian]

How many of you here
are HIV positive?

How many of you in this room
are HIV positive?

I will not be silenced!

I will not be silenced!
Priests are dying in their
hundreds!

I will not be silenced!

You can't hide this issue!

This issue cannot be hidden!

This issue cannot be hidden!
The Church has AIDS!

The Church has AIDS!

[Sounds of a struggle]

[Speaks Italian]

[Laughter]

It's nonsense.

[Conversation fades out]

Good afternoon, Father.

A quiet moment?

I like to be here on my
own sometimes.

[Door opens]

Father Doherty.

Daniel.

- Good weekend?
- Thank you, yes.

- Tom.
- Jack.

[Murmurs of conversation]

- Where have you been?
- Chapel.

If you spend any more time
there, you may as well sleep
on the altar.

- Team list up yet?
- No, no, not yet.

Hope to God Fitzpatrick's not on
it. Or that other queer fella.

Come now,
where's your compassion?

I none as far as
hurling's concerned.

I don't like that
lanky bollocks.

- Oh, is this any good, Danny?
- Brilliant. Halfway through
it already.

Better read it before
he gets here.

Hope he's better than
the last guy.

Hope it's shorter too. Holy
Mary, me arse was killing
me by the finish.

Oh, well, we must suffer
for our Faith, boys.

We must, shite!

[Shouting]

Come on, lads! Keep it up!

- Come on, find your man!
- The danger is their
centre forward.

- Stop him and we have a chance.
- Any thoughts?

Apart from him.

What's wrong with him? He's
the best this place has seen
in a long time.

- Certainly the fittest, look.
- And he's keen to play.

- Looking at you again, Danny.
- No, he's not.

He might be looking at you.
You never know.

He might turn up at midnight
with cocoa and
a hot-water bottle.

- Bollocks!
- Them as well.

You don't have long to go
to your ordination.

- Don't throw it away now.
- The winter nights will soon be
on us.

- What's a fella to do?
- Do what the rest of us do.

It's a good team, Noel.

We should do well. This could be
Galcranagh's year to win the
League.

Yeah.

Especially with a little
help from him.

- Yes!
- Me too.

- We thought you'd be good for
the team.
- Oh, we will be.

I'm looking forward to this.
Thanks.

Yeah. Thanks.

No problem.

We need all the
talent we can get.

See you tomorrow, lads.
Get plenty of sleep.

That fella gives me the jitters,
Danny.

Ah, don't be stupid. He's
the best captain
this town's ever had.

Fair enough.
Hey, are you going to the dance?

Yeah.

Come on, now!

[Shouting]

Get in there! Get in!

Get the fuck off!

Oh, good effort, Danny!

Right through the
centre Danny...

- Go on, Danny!
- [Cheering]

[Music playing]

I'll have four of pints there
please, mate.

- Cheers, lads!
- Cheers!

Man of the match.
Fair play to you.

Stop talking business
and meet me sister!

- How're you doing?
- Hello, Donal.

I've been dying to meet you.

[Singing]

Sorry there! How's it going,
Daniel?

- Liam!
- I hear you won today.

Congratulations.
You were man of the match.

Hardly. How are you, Declan?

- See your woman over there?
- Which one?

- The one with the big jugs.
- They've all got big jugs.

The one in the pink top.
Any time you want a ride,

she'd be happy to oblige.

She loves fucking priests.

She hasn't been out
with anyone else
since you joined the priesthood.

You broke her heart.

God had other plans for me.

He sure has, Daniel.
He sure has.

Enjoy yourself.

[Whispered voices]

[Gunshot]

I'm away, Ma, thanks.

- Are you back
at the weekend, Daniel?
- Yeah.

- Good. See you, then.
- See you, Ma.

Hang on! Whoa!

♪ Your love's away

♪ Don't let her slip away

♪ Keep her close beside you

♪ Even true love fades

♪ Even true love fades

Fin! Fin, what's happened?

Jesus, Foley,
you must know someone in Eircom.

How the hell did you
find out so quick?

Father Sweeney sent a
message saying there's a story
that might interest me.

- Poor bastard
splattered himself.
- Who?

Father Sweeney. Suicide.

Big time.

God's police.
You'd better fuck off.
This is private property.

David Foley, Galcranagh Gazette.

Any chance I can ask you
a few questions?

No.

Bishop, can I ask you
a few questions
about Father Sweeney?

Got any comments to
make whatsoever?

- Please, a few moments
of your time --
- Foley, now, that's enough.

- Foley!
- Can I ask you a few questions?

Please,
just a few moments of your time.

I'll be wanting a statement
from you, Foley.

- I'm very sorry about that.
- OK, OK.

Right, if you're ready
we ought to go inside now.

I'll get the door for you.

Er, I have to warn you
it's not a very pleasant sight.

CATHAL:
..and the general
level of academic work
this year so fa
r

has been exceptional.

The teaching staff tell me
you've all worked very hard.

This coming week sees a visit
of Father Joseph Ennis

from the Jesuit Order
who will be giving a lecture.

And for those of you
who haven't heard him yet,

you've got a treat in store.

His talk will be based on
his best-selling book
The Longer Road
.

Now, I wouldn't like
to let this morning pass

without congratulating our
hurlers on getting back
here in one piece.

- [Laughter]
- Well done, boys.

Keep up the good work.

Well done yesterday. You did
a great job for your first game.

Thanks for giving me the chance.

- Last night was good,
wasn't it?
- The band were deadly.

- They were great.
- Yeah.

Father Dowling tells me
you're way ahead of your year.

How do you know about that?

Well, look. I'm having
a few people
over to my room tonight.

We're going to take look
at St Paul's Letters
to the Thessalonians.

- Would you like to join us?
- I've got work to do,

but I suppose
a couple of hours won't hurt.

- Yeah, all right.
- All right?

See you.

Thank you.

I'm so sorry, Matthew.

Have you been up to the house?

No. No. Have you?

Yeah. They wouldn't let me in.

They said it was suicide.

Are you sure?

Did he leave a note?

I don't know.

I don't know.

Why didn't he talk to me?

It's just such a waste.

It's such a terrible waste.

[Crying]

- WOMAN: Galcranagh Gazette.
- Anyone call?

O'Brien wants a word with you.

I got your message, Davey.
What happened?

That priest who phoned me,
Father Sweeney,
Parish at Dundare,

- shot himself.
- Shot himself?

- Suicide?
- Looks like it.

- Do we know why?
- Not yet. I'm working on it.

- Liz was looking for you.
- Yeah, I know.

I was supposed to
take Martha to school.

- Ah, get her some flowers.
- [Chuckles]

She'd throw them at me.

- [Phone rings]
- MAN: Galcranagh Gazette.

[Chuckling]

- No way. I don't believe you.
- I'm telling you. It's true.

Father Doherty drank
the eye-bath?

Yeah. He swallowed it
down in one.

What did the doctor say?

She was just after telling him
to take one of these
three times a day.

Her eyes popped out.
She goes, "No, you're supposed
to

bathe your eye in it,
not friggin' well drink it!"

- [Laughter]
- He must have thought it was
booze.

It's a wonder he didn't
poison himself.

You've been telling jokes again,
Daniel?

[Bell tolls in the distance]

[Bell tolls]

[Bell continues to toll]

Look, I'm sorry, lads. I'll have
to postpone the class
for an hour,

I hope that's OK.

I'll be back as soon as I can.

[Phone ringing]

WOMAN: Hello? Uh-huh.

Hello, Galcranagh Gazette.

Who's speaking?

Call for you, Davey.

- Foley.
- Davey, it's Jack Dowling.

- Hi, Jack.
- Listen, I've got to be quick.

- I'm calling from the seminary.
- Mmm-hmm.

I need to talk to you
about Frank Sweeney.

- Are you OK, Jack?
- Yes, I'm fine.

[Voices fade out]

Paul couldn't come.
Too much work.

It's unusual for him.

But I don't know where the
others are.
They should be here by now.

I'm looking forward
to Father Joseph coming.

He's great. Have you
read his book yet?

How do you find the time?

Study, community service,
hurling captain...

It's nothing
compared to working in a parish.

Ah, you'll be there
this time next year.

I can't wait.

- It's OK.
- Not for me it isn't.

Come on. We all need someone.
We're all human.

Yeah, we're also called to God.

You made a promise, Noel.
We all did.

You'll keep that promise
for the rest of your life?

Yeah.

Look, it doesn't matter
to me what you are.

That's up to you.

- I'd better go.
- Don't go.

- I'm going.
- You don't have to.

I won't say a word.

DANIEL: For fuck's sake, Noel.
Just leave me alone.

What have you got, Davey?

- Frank Sweeney had HIV.
- What?

And when the Church found out,
they threatened to kick him out

and leave him to fend
for himself.

He was so distressed at the
thought of losing his parish,
he killed himself.

Poor bastard.

So, who's the boyfriend?

Don't know yet.

But rumour has it
it's somebody high up
in the Church.

Who? The Pope?

I'm seeing Father Francis, he
should shed some light on the
proceedings.

Your work is good, Daniel.

And you're well liked.

But unfortunately
I've no choice in the matter.

What do you mean, Father?
I don't understand.

You have to leave.

- What?
- God and your conscience

spoke for you, Daniel.

That's why you went to
Father Doherty.

I didn't go to Father Doherty.
I just bumped into him.

- What are you talking about?
- He saw you leave Noel's room.

I don't believe this.
Am I guilty by association?

No. What I'm saying is,
you know the rules.

Students are not allowed to be
alone together at night.

I don't believe this.
Nothing happened in Noel's room.

Look, take a year or two off.
See how you feel then.

I know how I feel now.
I want to be a priest.

I've always wanted to
be a priest.

You're not ready.

You can't do this to me.

- I have rights.
- Not here you don't.

Pack your things and go.

- What the hell are you doing?
- I...

- What did you say to Cathal?
- I... I didn't.

I saw you come out of his room.

Nothing happened in Noel's room,
you stupid man!

- We're just doing what's right.
- You've a fucking warped idea

- of what's right and wrong.
- Let him go!

Sick.

Why the hell did you
tell Cathal?

I didn't, OK?
It's Doherty's doing.

He's nothing more than a
fucking drunk.

- What did you tell him?
- He saw me leave your room.

- But nothing happened.
- I know! That's what I told
Cathal.

- This will kill my mother.
- They can't do this to us.

They just have.

Oh, dear God, Daniel.
What have you done?

- Nothing, Mum. I swear to God.
- You must have done something.

- I told you. I've done nothing.
- What are people going to say?

- Fucking hell! This is my life!
- Don't you swear
at your mother!

- I wasn't swearing at her.
- It's not just your life.

You being thrown out
affects everybody's
life in this house.

Do you realise that? We had
a son we thought would
be a priest,

- now we have a son
who's on the dole.
- What about our Euro grant?

I went to see those
bastards today.

That Father Cathal
is on the selection board.

What the fuck is he
going to think?

- They're two of our brightest!
- That is not the issue!

OK, then. What is?
The boys did nothing.

That may be so, but
we can't have
this sort of thing going on.

I don't believe what
I'm hearing!

Noel Kinahan approached
Daniel McLaughlin.

Daniel said no and now
their lives are ruined.
How is that right?

It's not about what's right
or wrong. It's about
what's acceptable.

And that's not acceptable.
It's time you left.

You can't keep
pushing this aside.

Priests can't deny
their sexuality,
gay or otherwise.

You made the sacred
promise of celibacy.

I don't see you breaking it.

It's being broken every day,
all over the world.

- No, not blatantly it isn't.
- So, behind closed doors, it's
OK?

Noel Kinahan and
Daniel McLaughlin
are out of here

- and that's the end of it.
- They're the lifeblood of the
Church.

They are the future. When I came
here, there were
nearly 50 seminarians.

The place had life.
And five years later
it's almost empty.

It's dead. The Church
must evolve.

We can't live with celibacy
any longer. It's killing us.

I forbid you, I forbid you
to voice your opinion here.

- You're here to teach
about Christ.
- He died for change.

Enough, Jack!

Enough.

My decision's been made.

It's good, Davey, as usual.

But you're going to get us
into trouble if
you're not careful.

You always do this.

You know,
I reckon there's more to come.

I think Sweeney didn't
kill himself solely
because he was HIV.

- The guy had it for five years.
- Oh, God.

Oh, come on. Try and understand.
It's a good opportunity for me.

Understand what?

That you're never home?
That you never see
your daughter?

You're missing out
on the most important
time of her life.

I mean, this won't happen again.

Once it's gone, it's gone,

and in ten year's time you'll
have a teenage daughter
you won't even know.

I'm doing it for her.

- I'm doing it for you.
- Oh, bollocks.

You're doing it for David Foley.

No, I suggest that
you do it now.

You know, this could
get out of hand.

It's too late to stop it now.

I don't think there's anything
to worry about. It's only
a local story.

Oh, yes, local, until
the national press
pick up on it.

I think we should let it
run its course. It'll fade away.

Maybe it won't fade away.

This Foley character
wants to make his name.

Find out who else he's
been talking to.

I've a bad feeling about this.

It's here in black and white.
"Local priest ostracised. HIV.

No suicide note."

We should let Rome deal with it.

God will protect us,
Father Hennessey,

just as we have a duty
to protect his Church.

Repression never works.

Sometimes we have no choice.

- How are things with
you and Dad?
- Same.

He's never had a decent
conversation with me
in his whole life.

Sean, you know what he's like.

It's a long time
since we were up here together.

Years.

Do you remember?
I told you I was going to be a
priest

and you said
you were going to be a pilot.

Fuck! Ha, ha! Pilot? Jesus!

- At least you got closer
than me.
- Not yet I haven't.

- What are you gonna do?
- I don't know.

Father Dowling
wants me to talk to Foley.

- That cunt?
- Everyone is to you.

Foley's all right.

- Are you scared?
- Nah.

God's on my side.

He knows what happened.

What about you?

You've got to get out of here.

I will.

Tell me. You didn't do anything,
did you, with that queer fella?

You cheeky little bollocks!
Come on!

[Laughter]

Last one down's a poof.

[Laughter]

Oh, shit.

- Have they let you out, Daniel?
- A few days off, Mrs McGlynn.

Community study.

You were made for the
priesthood, Daniel.

I saw that in you
when you were only this high.

The way you helped
people and all.

I was told you had a fight with
one of the main fellas
up at the seminary

and that he'd thrown you out.

There wouldn't be any truth
in that now, would there,
Daniel?

Oh, about the same amount
of truth in the rumour
about the Pope.

- What's that?
- He's married and has four kids

with a black lesbian.

God forgive you, you
young devil, you!

- You'll bring bad luck
on us all.
- See you later, Mrs McGlynn.

Nosy old whore!

You knew Frank Sweeney, Jack?

Yes.

He was ill.

Yeah.

He was stuck down by God
for what he was up to.

My God isn't vengeful.

Did you talk to the
press about this?

- No.
- I hope not, Father.

This is an internal matter
for the Church to deal with.

And as Diocesan's Communications
Officer, that's my job.

We don't appear to be
dealing with it very well.

Sweeney and his like
are sinners in the eyes of God.

We have a duty to protect
His kingdom and to root out
evil,

wherever it be found.

What will you do about Sinead?
Will you start again?

DANIEL: I don't think so.

Come on. She's still
crazy about you.

I've got enough on
my plate at the moment.

SEAN: Go on. Go on.

What's the matter with you two?

We're worried sick.
That's what's wrong with us.

- Any tea?
- That's all he's good for,

is drinking tea.

Why don't you go and find
some work, do something
useful for a change?

- Dad...
- So, Daniel, tell us.

What's going to happen now? Hmm?

What is going to happen now
that you're not going to be
a priest any more?

- That's not decided yet.
- He's nothing but a useless
bastard!

Fuck off! I've had enough!

Don't you fucking talk
to me like that!

Sean!

He's looking for a good hiding.

You started all this, you know.

What are you talking about?
It has nothing to do with me.

It has everything
to do with you.

I'll be going back
to the seminary.

You'd better be. Or
I'll go and see that
Cathal fella meself.

[General murmuring]

[Clears throat]

[Shushing]

- Good morning, everyone.
- ALL: Good morning, Father.

Welcome to
St Saviour's Seminary,
here in Galcranagh.

I'd just like to apologise
for the late start.

There are some things even we,
as men of God, don't have
control over.

[Chuckling]

I'd also like to welcome
our special guests.

And, in particular,
to extend a very warm welcome

to his Lordship,
Bishop Michael Quinn.

This is a special day. A day
when we can welcome back
an old friend.

A man who has travelled as
much as, if not more than,
St Paul himself.

So, without further ado, would
you please welcome
Father Joseph Ennis.

Thank you, Father Cathal.

- Good morning, everyone.
- Good morning, Father.

Bishop. It's good to be back.

And it was worth
a four-hour delay in Rome

just to hear myself
compared to St Paul.

[Laughter]

For the past two years,
I've been working with
a UN Committee.

We visited some of the
world's poorest countries.

Countries which, we,
in the West,
have described as developing,

or even underdeveloped.

- [Door opens]
- But...

if I'm honest,
and I hope you think I am...

then I have to tell you
that the moral sophistication

that I encountered
in some of these countries

makes us, in the West,
seem shamefully underdeveloped.

Welcome.

Thank you. Sorry I'm late.

- My talk's about morality.
- Good subject.

Well, I think so.

And, in particular,
how morality,
how Christian morality,

fits into an increasingly
sceptical world in which
morality is in decline.

- You have to leave.
- Why? Don't touch me!

Please forgive the interruption,
ladies and gentlemen.

If you'd like to wait in my
office, Daniel, we'll deal
with this later.

- Deal with what?
- This is not the time or the
place.

Please, Father, continue.

What better time or place,
Father, than when we're
discussing morality?

This is unfair to Father Joseph,
Daniel.

He's come a long way.

- Let the boy talk, Eamonn.
- Don't make it worse.

Get off me!
I've a right to be here!
I've done nothing wrong!

He deserves to have his say!

DANIEL: Get off me!

JOSEPH: Let's hear
what you have to say, Daniel.

Stay here.

Father Cathal has thrown me
out of the seminary,

because a priest, that priest,

made an assumption about
my relationship with
another student

who was also kicked out not far
from ordination, and that,
too, is wrong.

It's not for you to say
what's right or wrong here.

- That's my responsibility.
- It's a collective
responsibility.

- We weren't consulted.
- Look, you overreacted.

Don't you tell me
what I did or didn't do.

What are you going to do now?

Dismiss me for a second time
in front of all these people?

QUINN: Get your house in order.

I don't know what to
do any more.

Sometimes I can't see the point
in going on.

JOSEPH: Come on, Jack,
we all go through this.

The dark night of the soul
and all that.

It's a test of our Faith.

It's not my faith in
God I'm losing.

It's His organisation.

The hypocrisy, the...
the hierarchy, the double
standards.

It took courage to do
what you did today.

Thanks. But I don't think
it's done me any good.

It will in the long run.

I think you should talk again
to that journalist
you mentioned.

Let him print your story.

You are the new generation
of the priesthood.
You have a voice.

Let it be heard.

Jack? What's the matter?

I was the one who spoke to Foley
about Frank's death.

Told him what I knew.

You do have freedom of speech
here in Ireland,
as far as I know.

I lied to Father Cathal.
Told him I hadn't.

Three Our Fathers
and two Bloody Mary's.

[Chuckles]

Daniel, what do you say?

[Laughter]

She's gonna get you! She's gonna
get you! She's gonna get you!

Oh! She got you!

Aren't you Francis?

- David Foley.
- Good to meet you.

You too.

This is my wife, Liz,
and this is my daughter, Martha.

- Hello.
- Hello.

Uh...

- Is this a good time?
- Yes.

- No.
- I want an ice cream.

Come on, then. Let's go.

We're going home, David.

Oh, come on, Liz! Liz!

Terribly sorry about that.

Thanks for meeting me
at such short notice.

No problem.

I really liked your article.

It's very sad.

I'm so sorry.

You were good friends
with Frank Sweeney then, yeah?

Yeah, we trained together
in the Irish College in Rome.

There's a rumour
that Frank was having an affair

with somebody high up in Rome.

Do you know anything about it?

- No.
- Are you sure?

Yeah.

Because I was Frank's partner.

You?

Yeah. It started out
just before we left Rome.

- Does anybody else
know about this?
- Well...

They know everything.
But, no, not officially.

Except for Jack Dowling.

[Chuckles]

Would you be prepared
to talk about this
on the record?

[Slow music]

[General chatter]

All said, they're nothing
but a bunch of queers anyway.

God forgive you, Marie.

- Don't say that about those
holy men.
- Oh, where have you been?

They're men, aren't they?
They're all the same.

Yep. If you can't pot the pink,
pot the brown.

[Laughter]

- That's disgusting!
- So are they.

- That's not true.
- You're better off out of it,
Daniel.

All that friggin' studying
ain't worth it. Do your eyes in.

It's my life, Marie.

Not any more, it isn't.

Let's get more drink. Daniel?

Pint.

I'll have a whisky.

- Hi.
- Hi.

Fancy seeing you here.

I'm sorry I haven't
been in contact.

- I thought it was best.
- I know.

It's good to see you.

You too.

I heard about the seminary.

What's going to happen?

I don't know.

You going back?

I don't know.

LIAM: I hear you're
out of the fortress, Daniel.

For the time being, yeah.
Who told you?

Ah! It's a small town.

It was probably that
whore McGlynn.

- What are you having, Sean?
- Whisky.

- Are you buying, Marie?
- Not for you, tighthole.

- Ah, what's that
supposed to mean?
- Go away and fuck yourself!

He couldn't if he wanted to,
from what I've heard.

- No prick.
- Ha, ha!

Oh, so yous two'd know
all about pricks, wouldn't you?

- What the fuck do you mean?
- You've had more between you

than a second-hand dartboard.

Come on, Liam.

Fuck off and go home to your
wife and small one,
you fucking shite.

Look who's talking.
The new town bike.

You fucking bastard!

No!

Daniel, come on, please.

We have to go. Come on.
Please let's go.

Cock.

I reckon it's all to
do with cock.

If you've got a big one,
you're OK.

- If not, you're fucked.
- Are we from the same family,
huh?

[Laughter]

Well, What do you think, Sinead?

- About what?
- Cock.

MARIE: Only joking, Father.

No, I mean about this place.
Do you ever think
about getting out?

Well, I like it here.

It's my home.

I know everyone.

That's the problem.
Every bastard knows
every other bastard.

Yeah, but this is
where I'd like to settle down.

With our Daniel.

Maybe.

Ah, good on you, girl.
You two should go away
and get married,

set up your own parish,

and I guarantee all the young
people around here would go
to Mass again.

Come on, Marie. Let's go.

I think these two
want to be on their own.

- Good luck.
- See ya.

♪ Blue mountain river

♪ If only for a while

♪ Take me to the river

♪ And lay down by your side

♪ The world is full of madness

♪ And I find it hard to smile

♪ I'll sleep with you
through winter

♪ And wait for summertime

♪ Blue mountain river

♪♪ Comfort me a while

♪ I'll follow down the river

♪ I'll follow you till night

♪ I listen to your whispers,
you dance in time to mine

♪ We'll stay awake together

♪ Watching silver in the sky

♪ Blue mountain river

♪ I want to rest a while

♪ You're changing my reflection

♪ And the seasons in my mind

♪ Let these days go on for ever

♪ I'll leave in my own time

♪ Take me where you're going

♪ And I'll be right
by your side ♪

FOLEY: Let me just put
this here, yeah?

How long were you and
Frank together?

About five years.

Did the Church know
he was HIV positive?

- Yes.
- When did they find out?

They found out about...
three years ago.

Around the time
of the Vatican incident.

Yes, that's what
prompted us to go.

We went there to a special
General Council meeting.

We were supposed to be
discussing the Church's
viewpoint on HIV and AIDS.

Frank and I thought
that some good might come of it.

It was a total whitewash.

They were skirting around
the whole main issue,

that priests are dying of AIDS
and that it's being ignored
by the Council.

By the third day, I was so bored
that I decided not to go,

but Frank went anyway.

He'd gotten so angry and
frustrated that he stood up
with a banner

saying "The Church has AIDS."

- I bet that didn't go down
too well.
- No.

No, the heavies moved in
and he was whisked away.

FRANK: I'm living with HIV
and I have no voice
in this conference.

- Your fellow priests are dying!
- He was strip-searched and
questioned.

They called him a terrorist,
he said.

Eventually, they believed who he
was and he was bundled out
of the building

into a waiting car
and then to the airport.

The Church's response to that
whole incident was
the final straw.

That's why I left
the priesthood.

I didn't see anything about it.

If the Vatican doesn't want you
to know about something,
you won't.

- Are you sure you want
to go public?
- Yes.

I don't want
Frank's death to be in vain.

A sympathetic photographer
sent Frank this.

I thought it might be useful.

Jesus.

If I go to Bishop Quinn,
he'll just side with Cathal.

- So he'll just dump
you like that?
- Yeah.

- Even if nothing happened?
- Yeah.

Anything remotely to do with sex
is taboo. They know it goes on,

but as long as it's
out of sight,
they turn a blind eye.

So what you're saying here
is the common thread
is celibacy.

- Or lack of it.
- Yeah.

You're celibate, aren't you?
At least they've got one.

Yeah, from the moment
I joined the seminary.

Until last night.

Welcome to
the human race, Daniel.

- Hey, there.
Is there a problem?
- What do you think?

I... I have nothing to say.

Well, I have a few words to say.
A word in your ear.

Far too much, you see.
That's the problem.

Far too much.

[Voices fade]

Twisted fucks!

FOLEY: Something not right here.

I'm pulling over.

They've stopped.

Fuck this!

Daniel!

Jim.

Davey...

We need to talk.

What's the problem?

This is very difficult for me.

What is?

I don't want this next article
on the Catholic Church.

- What?
- No more. OK?

Cut the shite, Jim.
What the fuck's going on?

I don't want to do this, Davey.

I was like you when I
started out.

I know exactly how you feel.

But this thing, it's...

It's too big for us.

It's out of my hands.

What the fuck are
you talking about,
"out of your hands"?

Since when has anything been
out of your hands? You're
the fucking editor!

Since today. It's from on high.

From who? God? Oh, screw that!

- More powerful than God.
- But it's your paper, Jim.

You say what goes in it.

Not any more, Davey.

Hang on a minute.

We're a local paper, aren't we?
Aren't we?

We report things that are
relevant to the local people.

And they don't know
what's going on.

And you don't either!

- You have no real evidence.
- Well, I'm finding it, Jim!

This is a story
of the Church's hypocrisy.

The world is full of hypocrisy.

Yes, it is! And it's up to
journalists like me and
you to point it out!

Look, you've got to drop it,
and that's final.

You're serious, aren't you?

You've had a visit.

What the fuck have they
got on you, Jim, eh?

- Just drop it, OK?
- No!

No way!

Absolutely no way.

You're not publishing it
in this paper and
that's all there is to it.

So, fuck off!

Shame on you, Jim.

Shame on you.

I can't print it.

Trust me on this one, Mick.
It's good.

And, more importantly,
it's true.

Oh, and... Foley gets
the credit, OK?

It's his story.

It's me and you, Lucy.

Good night.

JOSEPH:
Frank sent this to my office in
Rome

with a note asking me to give
it to you the next
time I saw you.

I thought it was a bit
odd at the time.

Oh, God.

I'm so sorry, Matthew.

I knew there had to be a note.

Did you ever know
about any of this?

No.

Poor Frank. It must
have been torture.

What are you going to do?

I don't know.

It's hard to know
what God's will is when...

when things like this happen.

The goodness of God
and the bitterness of
suffering...

It's the eternal question and
we may never know
the answer to it.

Sometimes, we prefer
to blame God

for the pain of our
human condition.

But he didn't kill Frank.

God's will
will be revealed to us... in
time.

That's why we need Faith.

Yes. Yes, thank you.

The young priest who killed
himself and Daniel being
thrown out...

it's all part and parcel
of the same thing.

It says here it's
all a cover-up.

Would you credit it, huh?

Ah, you can't believe
everything you read.

If it's written in here,
there must be some
truth in it now.

Your mother will be upset,
eh, Mary, when she sees this.

What?

The newspaper article.
You not seen it yet?

All this talk about priests
up to no good.

Even in the Vatican itself.

And Cardinals close to
His Holiness with
this... HIV thing.

What sort of devil talk
is that anyway?

Your poor Mammy
will be beside herself, Mary.

What do you say, huh?

Go fuck yourself.

- O'Brien's finished.
- He said it would not be
published.

Then how the hell did
the
Irish Times
get hold of it?

- I don't know.
- [Knocking]

Come.

Sorry.

[Whispering]

Things are moving quickly.

They want you to appear on TV
tomorrow afternoon
in a live debate

about celibacy.

That might not be such
a good idea.

I don't think we have a choice.

- We have to respond.
- No doubt Foley will be there.

We need to give them an answer.

Let me think about it.

- What about this young
McLaughlin boy?
- He was a good student.

We may have to reinstate him.

It might take the wind out of
things, especially
on live television.

I'm not so sure.

That'd give the press
something to write about.

I don't want anything
more from Foley.

- Do you understand me?
- Yes.

Do we know the boy's family?

Well, Cathal does.

He's on the European
Grant Selection Committee
and knows his father.

See what can be done there.

I want to know who at
the
Irish Times

gave the go-ahead
for this to be published.

I want everything we have on
Foley and everything that
we don't have.

The same on the
McLaughlin family.

We will deal with this fiasco
once and for all.

And I want it done properly
before Rome gets involved.

Get Cahill and
Dowling in here now.

The fucking
Irish Times!

- The whole town's
talkin' about it.
- Well, so fucking what?

- Have they nothing
better to do?
- Marie!

You watch your language
in this house!

And you calm down.
Calm down, everybody.

Well, who cares what
people say anyway?

- I do!
- We do!

Keep up appearances for
the neighbours. Never mind
about your son's life.

Don't you talk to me
about appearances.

- You know all about that,
don't you?
- Stay out of this!

- Fuck off! Why should I?
- Now, look!

No, Niall. Just leave it,
will ya?

If Daniel wants to be a fuckin'
priest, then no bastard
should stop him.

- Stop, Sean!
- That's enough, Sean!

Leave us.

What the fuck are you gonna
do about it, short arse?

Sit there and listen
to bollocks,

worryin' about
what the fuckin'
neighbours think?

Jesus Christ!

[All shouting over each other]

Leave it, Sean. That's enough!

- You're not worth it, cunt!
- I've had enough.

- He's out of my house for good.
- You're worse than fucking
children.

You hanging around with Sinead
doesn't help either.

- Dad, you don't understand.
- Daniel and Sinead

are meant to be together.
They always have been.

Jesus Christ!
I've had it up to my eyes.

John, don't! Don't, John,
please don't.

- [Phone]
- Liz, answer the bloody phone.

Hello?

Oh, hi, Daniel, how
are you doing?

Yeah, I just got up.

The Irish Times?
You're fucking kidding me.

How the hell did they
get hold of that?

Yeah. What does it say?

Listen, I'll call you back.
Are you at home?

You're being transferred
to a parish in Ballydunne.

We think it'll be
better for you.

You mean it'll be
better for you.

It's a pity you didn't think
about this before talking to
Foley and his like.

I've a right to say
when things are wrong.

That is just your opinion.

There are plenty in the Church
who do not want change.

And there are plenty who do.

You know, you're lucky
that you're getting a parish.

I can serve God wherever I am.

Time to leave, Jack.

What you did to Noel Kinahan
and Daniel McLaughlin was wrong.

And what you did to
Frank Sweeney
was contemptible.

The Catholic Church
is destroying itself
from the inside.

Don't blame me.

Examine your own conscience.

My conscience is clear.

I hope so, Eamonn.

I do hope so.

He'll go straight to the press,
just like Matthew Francis did.

- No, he won't. He's too weak.
- What are we going to do

- about this TV debate?
- You and I will go.

As the bishop I think I have
slightly more credibility

than a second-rate journalist.

We will let Foley
discredit himself.

He won't back down there.

We'll see.

That's fine for me.
Yeah. Yeah,
I've got the details.

Listen, can I call you back?
My other phone is ringing.

OK. Yeah.

Right. Talk to you then. Bye.

Liz.

Hello?

Who is this?

Hello?

Hello?

Oh, for fuck's sake.

If you speak out on TV,
they'll never let you back in.

They won't let me back in
if I don't.

They've made that clear.

This is my last hope.

You never know, half the country
might petition the Pope
on my behalf.

I never thought it would
end like this.

It's not over yet, Ma.

Sinead's not helping.

Your father's right about that
one. She is interfering
with your vocation.

I haven't got a vocation
at the moment.

At least not one
I can do anything about.

And anyway, if I love a person,
why can't I have both?

Because that's not Catholicism.

Have you thought
enough about this?

I have. I've thought
about it a lot.

And I've chosen God.

I obviously picked
the wrong one.

I don't mean that.

But I'm sure he wants me
to be happy,
and Sinead and I get on great.

I know that.

Know how many priests are no
longer priests because
they fell in love?

Priests?
They shouldn't
be falling in love.

They're human too.

Just like me.

You're right.

Wild horses wouldn't have
stopped your Daddy and me
getting married.

♪ He was born and
raised in Ireland

♪ In a place called Castlemaine

♪ He was his father's only son

♪ His mother's pride and joy

♪ And dearly did his
parents love

♪ The wild colonial boy

Good luck to you, Mickey.

You too, John, you too,
and your family.

Mmm.

Don't talk to me
about fuckin' families.

They fuckin' well
bleed you of everythin'.

No thanks for anythin'. Fuck it!

What's all this I hear, John,
about your young fella Daniel?

He... he's not one of them
queer boys, is he?

Jesus, no!

Bad rumours, is all.

I'm away home.

I'm sorry you didn't get
the grant thing, John.

- What?
- The Euro money.

Meena McGlynn was sayin'
there tonight.

How the fuck does she know?

She.. she knows you've farted
before you know yourself.

Fuck.

Let them keep
their shagging euros anyway.

They're not worth a shite.

I'll see you at Mass, Mickey.

Good luck.

[Singing continues]

[Sighs]

[Hubbub]

- Daniel.
- Bishop.

I'll get straight to the point,
given that we're about
to appear live on TV.

What you are doing
and what you have said

about the Church
that you have devoted
your life to,

- is wrong.
- And so was my dismissal.

We had to dismiss you. I
had no choice.

- You?
- Under the circumstances,

I have decided to consider
your reinstatement.

If not in St Saviour's,
then at another seminary.

- What's the catch?
- No catch.

You admit that your behaviour
was inappropriate

and that you now realise
that the seminary
behaved correctly,

and that way, you can continue
to fulfil your calling.

- There's more to it.
- That shouldn't concern you.

It should concern all of us.

- Where are my family?
- I haven't got your family.

You touch them, I'll come after
you. I don't give a fuck
who you are

and I'll kill ya!
I'll fuckin' kill ya!

We haven't touched your family.

- But see how easy it is if
we want to.
- Who is this, for fuck's sake?

Listen to me very carefully.

I want you to go into that
studio and retract everything
you've said.

- No, I won't do that.
- Are you listening to me,
Mr Foley
?

- I'm a fucking journalist.
- God's Church needs to survive.

There are forces of evil out
there that wish
to see it destroyed.

Where would we be
if we didn't take a moral
stance, hmm?

That depends on your viewpoint.

- Oh, you fucker!
- Are you listening to me,
Mr Foley
?

Mr Foley, come on.
We're live in three minutes.

- Give me a minute!
- You're not listening to me.

- Retract everything.
- You touch them...

If you harm them in any way
I will fucking kill you!

- Mr Foley, I really have to
hurry you.
- You fuck!

You know, Daniel, it's a pity
that your father's Euro grant
was rejected,

because a quiet word with the
committee would help them
to reconsider.

It would be a shame to bring
further hardship on your family.

- This way, gentlemen, please.
- Yes, just a moment, please.

Think how proud your mother
would be on the day
of your ordination.

Say hello to Lucy, Daddy.

Say hello to Lucy, Daddy.

Say hello to Lucy, Daddy.

- It's important.
- It's always important
with you.

What's more important
than your family?

MAN: Stand by, studio.

Applause in five seconds.

Four, three...

Thank you. Good afternoon

and welcome again to
Afternoon Live
with
yours truly, Gay Byrne.

Today on the show
we are debating the issue

of celibacy in the
Catholic Church.

Let me introduce to you our
panel of speakers
on the show today.

On my left, we have David Foley,

who is a journalist
with the Galcranagh Gazette.

And he's also the author of an
article in yesterday's
Irish Times
entitled

"Celibacy, the "C" word.
Can Catholicism survive?"

We're also joined by
Daniel McLaughlin.

He's recently been expelled
from the seminary...

Our Daniel's got make-up on,
the queer. Look at him!

He's a good-looking fucker,
though, isn't he?

- Quiet down. I can't hear.
-
..we're joined by the local
bishop,

His Grace, Michael Quinn,

and with him he has his
Diocesan Communications Officer,

- Monsignor Thomas.
- What sort of bollicky
name is that?

And we also have the outspoken
former Catholic priest,
Matthew Francis.

And I want to start with you,
David Foley, and your assertion,

in your article, that
the Catholic Church
and the priesthood

will not see out this century
unless they remove celibacy

as a prerequisite for
the priesthood.

Um, yeah. Yeah, that's right.

I believe that the Church
may well be in trouble if
it doesn't, at least,

deal with the possibility
of the celibacy issue.

I, um...

I'm not saying that celibacy is
wrong. It's a choice
for the individual.

Well, you did say that
in your article, David.

Um... Yeah...

What I, um... what I...

BYRNE: Well, I'll quote you
from the article, if I may.

You're... You're talking about
the recent suicide
of the gay priest

Father Frank Sweeney.

And you say, and I quote, "That
this incident only
serves to highlight

the dilemma now facing
the wider Church,

the question of celibacy."

Now that, I might say,
is pretty clear-cut.

Um...

- Bishop?
- Er, the more serious
accusation

made in Mr Foley's article

is that priests,
priests who are close to the
Pope,

the Holy Father himself,
are in relationships.

And, of course, this is
preposterous.

[Laughter and
scattered applause]

BYRNE: Pre... preposterous,
David Foley?

You know, I... I, um...

Come on, Davey, what's
wrong with you?

- Forget David Foley,
go to Daniel.
- [Shouting]

Could I just go to Daniel
McLaughlin
for a moment. Sorry, Father.

[Shouting]

BYRNE: I... I... I'm sorry.
Look. Excuse me. I know...

I know you feel strongly
about this topic

and thank you for joining me.
I will come back to David Foley
in a moment.

But first of all, Daniel,
I want to clarify this point.

DANIEL: This whole issue
is not about sexual orientation.

The Church is in this mess
because it expects
Catholic priests

to live celibate lives, and
that, for many,
is a tall order.

- [Applause]
- Well said!

Daniel, you knew that
before you went into
the priesthood.

Yes.

And now you're faced
with a difficult choice?

[Sighs]
I want both.

I want to be ordained
as a Catholic priest

and I want to be married
to the girl I love.

MARIE: You tell 'em!

[Applause]

But Your Grace, it really
prompts the question,
"Why cannot

this obviously sincere and
dedicated young man,
why cannot he be married,

and serve as a priest
at the same time?"

It goes against everything
Christ stood for

and would tear
the Catholic Church apart.

- Rubbish! Rubbish!
- That's cack!

- Rubbish!
- That really isn't quite true,
is it?

Um, Professor Martin O'Connor,
of Trinity College,

would you outline briefly for us
the history of celibacy

in the Catholic Church?

For many centuries after the
time of Christ, priests were
allowed to marry

and those priests that did get
married were leaving their
wealth and property

to their families. Now, the
Church wanted to prevent
them from doing this.

So, in the 12th century,
they brought in celibacy.

You see, the Church
was losing too much.

And it wanted to build
its wealth and
extend its empire.

Bishop, it has more to do
with wealth and power.

It is also about God
and that unique relationship
with Him

that comes about
through celibacy.

- Nonsense!
- Are you celibate, Bishop?

[Audience titters]

- Go on, boy. Whoo!
- Sit down!

- Quiet!
- Sean!

This is an inappropriate
forum in which to discuss
one's private lives.

- Just a moment.
- Not when discussing

- the life and death of others.
- [Applause]

- Excuse me. I'll answer
the question..
- Just a moment, please.

Most people I know,
who serve God,
are celibate, Daniel.

The deep spiritual relationship
that results from such a union

sustains our need.

[Scattered applause]

You didn't answer
my question, Bishop.

Are you celibate?

- AUDIENCE: Shame on you.
- Answer the question.

Do you practice what you preach?

How dare you?

No, how dare you, Quinn?

How dare you?

This is a note that was
left to me
by my partner,

Father Frank Sweeney,
before he took his own life.

If I may... May I read
the note, Gay?

I think you had better,
Matthew, yes.

"Matthew, Bishop Michael Quinn
and I had an affair when
we were in Rome."

Spurious nonsense. I am leaving.
What do I do with this?

Somebody please take this.

Whoo!

MATTHEW:
"He threatened to rid me
of my parish

unless I continued to see him."

Get out of my way!

Serve the cunts right
for not giving us the grant,
huh?

"I don't have the courage
to do what you have done

and I am unable to tell you.
I'm so sorry.

This is the only way
out left to me.

You are too good a man
to hurt like this,

but I can't live with myself
a day longer.

I pray that we will be
together one day

in the loving arms
of the God we both serve.

My love, always,

Frank."

I love you so much.

I love you too, Sinead.

♪ You say you want

♪ A diamond on a ring of gold

♪ You say you want

♪ Your story to remain untold

♪ But all the
promises that we made

♪ From the cradle to the grave

♪ When all I want is you

♪ You say you'll give me
a highway with no one on it

♪ Treasure just to look upon it

♪ All the riches in the night

♪ You say you'll give me

♪ Eyes, a moon, love blindness

♪ A river in a time of dryness

♪ A harbour in the tempest

♪ But all the
promises that we made

♪ From the cradle to the grave

♪ When all I want is you

♪ You say you want

♪ Your love to work out right

♪ To last with me
through the night

♪ You say you want

♪ Diamonds on a ring of gold

♪ Your story to remain untold

♪ And your love not to grow cold

♪ But all the
promises that we made

♪ From the cradle to the grave

♪ When all I want is you

♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah

♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah

♪ Yeah, yeah

♪ All I want, all I want is you

♪ All I want, all I want is you

♪ All I want, all I want is you

♪ All I want, all I want is you

♪ All I want, all I want is you

♪ All I want, all I want is you

♪ All I want, all I
want is you ♪