History Film / Priest1994

* AltumVidetur: The priest who heads the rural parish that Greg flees to has a bad case of this. Greg gets his own back, though.
--> '''Greg:''' Abi et futue te ipsum, sordide senex. [[labelnote:Lat.]]"Go and fuck yourself, paltry old man."[[/labelnote]]

* TheImmodestOrgasm: A faked one. When Father Matthew visits Greg at the parish he has fled to, the head priest insists that they keep the door open while talking. Father Matthew is annoyed about this until Greg points out: ''"Matthew, he's chaperoning us."'' On which Father Matthew [[CrowningMomentOfFunny starts groaning and grunting loudly]] to piss the insufferable priest off. And Greg decides to play along. It's the first good laugh he has in a damn long time.

* AbusiveParents: Fourteen-years-old Lisa Unsworth is sexually abused by her father, and he doesn't care a bit about the extreme mental scarring her puts her through.

* InterruptedSuicide: After he's outed, his reputation completely ruined, and the guilt about Lisa's suffering is engulfing him, Greg swallows an overdose of painkillers. Father Matthew catches on in time and has him brought to the hospital for a gastric lavage.
* KeepingSecretsSucks: Greg ends up being {{TheConfidant}} for Lisa Unsworth and her abusive father both, and hates it; because Lisa has asked him to not speak to anyone about it, he feels bound to keep up the seal of the confessional.

* WhatTheHellHero: In a talk with Father Matthew, Greg states that he despises his lover Graham for seducing him to sin, causing Father Matthew to rebuke him.

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As Father Greg Pilkington (Linus Roache) arrives in his new parish in Liverpool, he is shocked to discovers that Father Matthew Thomas has a (sexual) relationship with the rectory housekeeper. Father Greg struggles with his homosexual feelings and embarks on a relationship-of-sorts with Graham (Creator/RobertCarlyle).

* WhatTheHellHero: In a talk with Father Matthew, Greg states that he despises his lover Graham for seducing him to sin, causing Father Matthew to lash out on him.

* HeteronormativeCrusader: There are quite some of the parishioners who start to ostracize Greg after his gay affair gets known. Near the end of the movie, they get very vocal about Greg's presence at the altar, and while Father Matthew counters them angrily, Greg just sort of stands there in defeat and endures it.

--> '''Greg:''' Abi et futue te ipsum, sordide senex.

%%* {{Confessional}}

%%* HotForPreacher: Graham, obviously.

* InterruptedSuicide: After he's outed, his reputation completely ruined, and the guilt about Lisa's suffering is engulfing him, Greg swallows an overdose of sleeping pills. Father Matthew catches on in time and has him brought to the hospital for a gastric lavage.

* TheImmodestOrgasm: A faked one. When Father Matthew visits Greg at the parish he has fled to, the head priest insists that they keep the door open while talking. Father Matthew is annoyed about this until Greg points out: ''"Matthew, he's chaperoning us."'' On which Father Matthew [[CrowningMomentOfFunny starts groaning and grunting loudly]] to piss the insufferable priest off. And Greg decides to play along. It's the first good laughter he has in a damn long time.

* TheImmodestOrgasm: A faked one. When Father Matthew visits Greg at the parish he has fled to, the head priest insists that they keep the door open while talking. Father Matthew is annoyed about this until Greg points out: ''Matthew, he's chaperoning us."'' On which Father Matthew [[CrowningMomentOfFunny starts groaning and grunting loudly]] to piss the insufferable priest off. And Greg decides to play along. It's the first good laughter he has in a damn long time.

%%* CrisisOfFaith

* SexIsEvilAndIAmHorny: Greg Pilkington. The conflict is pretty natural since he's a gay Catholic priest, but the way he treats his sex partner is still pretty appalling, and father Matthew calls him out on it.

* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Greg gets one from the abused girl's mother after she figures it all out.

* {{Confessional}}
* CrisisOfFaith
* {{Gayngst}}: Father Greg.
* HotForPreacher: Graham, obviously.
* OopNorth: Set in Liverpool.

* SexyPriest: It's Linus Roache.

As Father Greg Pilkington (Linus Roache) arrives in his new parish in Liverpool, he is shocked to discovers that Father Matthew Thomas has a (sexual) relationship with the rectory housekeeper. Father Greg struggles with his homosexual feelings and embarks on a relationship-of-sorts with Graham ({{Robert Carlyle}}).

* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Greg gets one from the abused girl's mother after she figures it all out.

* DidNotDoTheResearch: The [[ConfessInConfidence seal of the confessional]] does not actually apply in this situation, which means that much of the moral conflict driving the film [[http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19950407/REVIEWS/504070308/1023 doesn't make any sense whatsoever]].

* DidNotDoTheResearch: The [[ConfessInConfidence seal of the confessional]] does not actually apply in this situation, which means that much of the moral conflict driving the film [[http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19950407/REVIEWS/504070308/1023 doesn't actually make any sense whatsoever]].

-> '''Greg:''' Abi et futue te ipsum, sordide senex.

* AltumVidetur: The priest who heads the rural parish that Greg flees to has a bad case of this.

* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Greg gets one from the abused girl's mother after she figures it all out. Later, after Greg decides to leave the rural parish after putting up with quite enough abuse from the local priest, he delivers one of his own. IN LATIN.

* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Greg gets one from the abused girl's mother after she figures it all out.

During confession, a young girl tells Father Greg that she is being abused by her father, who later confirms it, also during confession. Since he believes the confidentiality of the confession covers everything he hears in the confession booth, Father Greg feels he cannot tell the authorities about the abuse.

During confession, a young girl tells Father Greg that she is being abused by her father, who later confirms that, also during confession. Since he believes the confidentiality of the confession covers everything he hears in the confession booth, Father Greg feels he cannot tell the authorities about the abuse.

* {{Gayngst}}
* OopNorth