How God Created Us: Coming Out in the Catholic Church
60 mins
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.
Ralf Klein
Self - Interviewee
Carla Bieling
Self - Interviewee
Theo Schenkel
Self - Interviewee
Monika Schmelter
Self - Interviewee
Marie Kortenbusch
Self - Interviewee
Rainer Teuber
Self - Interviewee
Helmut Dieser
Self - Interviewee
Thomas Schüller
Self - Interviewee
Marco Politi
Self - Interviewee
Peter Wozny
Writer
Katharina Kühn
Writer
Peter Wozny
Director
Hajo Seppelt
Director
Marc Rosenthal
Writer
Katharina Kühn
Director
Hajo Seppelt
Writer
Marc Rosenthal
Director
Markus Glunz
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Ulf Ullrich
Executive Producer
Toni Gräfe
Sound
Michael Heinz
Director of Photography
Peter Wozny
Director of Photography
Tim Heinrich
Music
Alexander Fisch
Supervising Editor
Sabrina Freese
Producer
Frank Gutsche
Director of Photography
Katharina Schiele
Commissioning Editor
Kathrin Becker
Commissioning Editor
Matthias Semmler
Editor
Esther Saoub
Commissioning Editor
Ulrike Bieritz
Commissioning Editor
Kai Hesselbarth
Sound
Annika Heisel
Editor
Günter Thimm
Producer
Ute Beutler
Commissioning Editor