How God Created Us: Coming Out in the Catholic Church (2022)

How God Created Us: Coming Out in the Catholic Church

2022

Documentary TV Movie

Synopsis

125 employees of the Catholic Church come out as queer! In the exclusive ARD documentary, believers in the service of the Catholic Church in Germany dare to go public together. People who identify as non-heterosexual talk about fighting for their church - sometimes at the risk of losing their jobs as a result. There are priests, religious brothers, parish assistants, diocese employees, religion teachers, kindergarten teachers, social workers and many more who report intimidation, denunciations, deep injuries, decades of hide and seek and double lives. The Catholics report a system in which pressure, fear and arbitrariness leave employees uncertain as to what exactly happens when they stand by their sexual orientation or identity. The investigative documentary listens to those who live their faith every day and are nevertheless degraded by the church as an institution.

Credits

Director

Hajo Seppelt

Katharina Kühn

Marc Rosenthal

Peter Wozny

Cast

Carla Bieling as Self - Interviewee

Helmut Dieser as Self - Interviewee

Marco Politi as Self - Interviewee

Marie Kortenbusch as Self - Interviewee

Monika Schmelter as Self - Interviewee