Revelation
2020 · Miniseries · 90 min · ★ 7.3
This docuseries follows real criminal trials involving Catholic clergy accused of sexual abuse against children, using interviews filmed during proceedings. It examines how abuse can be enabled by power and secrecy, and looks closely at the wider culture and systems that allowed perpetrators to be protected.
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Details
- Years
- 2020
- Release date
- 2020-03-17
- Network
- ABC TV
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 90 min
- TMDB rating
- 7.3/10 (6 votes)
About
If you watch true-crime documentaries that confront abuse and institutional wrongdoing head-on, this may fit, especially if you liked Jonestown: Terror in the Jungle or Dream/Killer; Not for you if you avoid distressing, sensitive real-world cases.
Pros: real trial access; gripping interviews; exposes institutional protection | Cons: very distressing subject; heavy emotional tone; limited relief moments
Themes
- child abuse
- vatican (holy see)
- pope
- bishop
- court case
- pedophile priest
- paedophilia
- roman catholic church
- criminal investigation
- catholicism
- catholic priest
Cast & crew
Sarah Ferguson
as Self - Presenter
Pope Francis
as Self
David Marr
as Self
Cardinal George Pell
as Self (archive footage)
Father Vincent Ryan
as Self
Bernard McGrath
as Self
Archbishop Mark Coleridge
as Self
Steve Bannon
as Self
- AS
Archbishop Charles Scicluna
as Self
- BW
Bishop William Wright
as Self
Directed by Sarah Ferguson, Nial Fulton
Episodes1 season · 3 episodes
Season 13 episodes
- S1E1The Children Have Been Used By The Devil87m
- S1E2A Dangerous Place To Be A Child90m
- S1E3Goliath101m