How God Created Us: Coming Out in the Catholic Church
How God Created Us: Coming Out in the Catholic Church

How God Created Us: Coming Out in the Catholic Church

8.5(1 votes)
2022
1h 0m
Documentary
TV Movie

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.

Production

EyeOpening Media, RBB, SWR, NDR, ARD

Cast

Ralf Klein

Ralf Klein

Self - Interviewee

Carla Bieling

Carla Bieling

Self - Interviewee

Theo Schenkel

Theo Schenkel

Self - Interviewee

Monika Schmelter

Monika Schmelter

Self - Interviewee

Marie Kortenbusch

Marie Kortenbusch

Self - Interviewee

Rainer Teuber

Rainer Teuber

Self - Interviewee

Helmut Dieser

Helmut Dieser

Self - Interviewee

Thomas Schüller

Thomas Schüller

Self - Interviewee

Marco Politi

Marco Politi

Self - Interviewee

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