‘Walkley award-winning journalist Sarah Ferguson has delivered some of the best television journalism this country has ever witnessed.
But Revelation might just be the pinnacle.’
- Holly Byrnes, Daily Telegraph
’It has taken me until now to get over watching this extraordinary,
devastating series. Brace yourself to watch it but watch it you must.’
- Laura Tingle, Australian Financial Review
‘A searing documentary series.’
- Bridget McManus, The Age
’What a study in raw courage. Devastating.’
- Annabel Crabb, ABC
‘Extraordinary.’
- Andrew Hornery, Sydney Morning Herald
’Hauntingly poetic, compelling, harrowing television.’
- Graeme Blundell, The Australian
‘I live and breathe television and I’ve never had such a
visceral reaction to a series. Revelation is a heartbreaking triumph.’
- Dan Bennett, TV Blackbox
ABUSE WAS NOT A FAILURE OF THE SYSTEM
IT WAS THE SYSTEM
VIDEOS | Revelation
REVELATION | TRAILER
REVELATION | FIRST LOOK
EPISODES | Revelation
Season 1
Release Year 2020 | MA15+ | Audio Language English [Stereo]
Award-winning reporter Sarah Ferguson presents Revelation, a ground-breaking series on the criminal priests and brothers of the Catholic Church, their crimes laid bare for the first time in their own words. In a series of television firsts, Revelation features explosive interviews with some of the worlds most notorious serial paedophile priests and takes cameras to follow the drama of their criminal trials. Ferguson’s extraordinary interviews are the first insider accounts of the system of protection and cover-up that allowed priests to get away with heinous crimes for so long.
Episode 1
‘The Children Have Been Used By The Devil
One of the world’s most notorious and prolific Catholic priest paedophiles, Father Vincent Ryan, prepares to stand trial for sex crimes against children. For the first time anywhere in the world, a serving Catholic priest publicly confesses to his crimes on camera and reveals how his superiors concealed his abuse for decades.
Episode 2
’A Dangerous Place to Be A Child’
Sarah goes to the maximum security prison where Brother Bernard McGrath, a prolific paedophile from one of the most notorious religious orders,, is incarcerated. In a tense exchange, McGrath moves between denial and revelation about the complicity of the church in his crimes.
Episode 3
’Goliath’
The unmissable final chapter goes to the heart of power in the global Catholic church and the epicentre of clerical child abuse in Australia. This is the story of an man who kept a shocking secret for decades.
Until now….
KEY CREDITS | Revelation
Presenter
SARAH FERGUSON
Producer
NIAL FULTON
Writer
TONY JONES
Directors
NIAL FULTON, SARAH FERGUSON
Cinematographer
AARON SMITH
Editors
LILE JUDICKAS, PHILIPPA ROWLANDS ASE
Composer
HELENA CZAJKA
Archive Producer
MICHELLE BOUKHERIS
Colourist
BILLY WYCHGEL
Sound Designer
CATE CAHILL
Legal
SANDY DAWSON SC
Executive Producers
NIAL FULTON, IVAN O’MAHONEY
Financed with the assistance of
MIND THE GAP
and
SCREEN NSW
Production and Development Investment
SCREEN AUSTRALIA
Developed and Produced in Association With
THE AUSTRALIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION
Production
IN FILMS
