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 (2022)

2022-01-24

(DE) •

Documentary,

TV Movie

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Overview

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.

Movie Cast

How God Created Us: Coming Out in the Catholic Church

Ralf Klein

Self - Interviewee

How God Created Us: Coming Out in the Catholic Church

Carla Bieling

Self - Interviewee

How God Created Us: Coming Out in the Catholic Church

Theo Schenkel

Self - Interviewee

How God Created Us: Coming Out in the Catholic Church

Monika Schmelter

Self - Interviewee

How God Created Us: Coming Out in the Catholic Church

Marie Kortenbusch

Self - Interviewee

How God Created Us: Coming Out in the Catholic Church

Rainer Teuber

Self - Interviewee

How God Created Us: Coming Out in the Catholic Church

Helmut Dieser

Self - Interviewee

How God Created Us: Coming Out in the Catholic Church

Thomas Schüller

Self - Interviewee

How God Created Us: Coming Out in the Catholic Church

Marco Politi

Self - Interviewee