(1994) drama directed by Antonia Bird, and starring Linus Roache. The plot revolves around a Roman Catholic priest from Liverpool who struggles with his homosexual urges, causing him a crisis of faith. Saint of 9/11 (2006) a documentary about Father Mychal Judge, a New York City gay priest, chaplain with the New York City Fire Department, and the first victim of the 9/11 attacks in New York. Release (2009) is a prison drama from Darren Flaxstone and Christian Martin, recounting the tribulations of a gay priest who has been incarcerated for "what we are primed to believe is pedophilia." In the Name Of (2013) film about a closeted gay Catholic priest living in rural Poland. Amores Santos (2016) Brazilian documentary about homosexual priests (as well as leaders from other churches) that look for gay cybersex. Literature Patricia Nell Warren's third novel, The Fancy Dancer (1976), was the first bestseller to portray a gay Catholic priest and to explore gay life in a small town. See also Catholic abuse Catholics United Courage International Homosexuality and Roman Catholicism Instruction Concerning the Criteria for the Discernment of Vocations with Regard to Persons with Homosexual Tendencies in View of Their Admission to the Seminary and to Holy Orders James Alison LGBT-affirming religious groups Ministry to Persons with a Homosexual Inclination New Ways Ministry On the Pastoral Care of Homosexual Persons Ordination of LGBT Christian clergy References Roman Catholics and Homosexuality - Channel 4 Television (1990) "'Nothing Extraordinary'?" in Inside the Vatican (ISSN 1068-8579), January 2006 Bibliography David Berger, Der heilige Schein: Als schwuler Theologe in der katholischen Kirche, (2010) Saunders, K. and Stanford, P., Catholics and Sex, Heinemann, London (1992) Stuart, E, CHOSEN, Gay Catholic Priests Tell Their Stories, Geoffrey Chapman, London (1993) Atila Silke GUIMARÃES, The Catholic Church and Homosexuality, Tan Books & Publishers, Charlotte (1999) Tedesco, Mark, "That Undeniable Longing: My Journey to and From the Priesthood", Academy Chicago Publishers, Chicago (2010). External links English version of the 2005 Instruction on the Vatican website Homosexual orientation among Roman Catholic priests (statistics) Major orders in the Catholic Church Clerical celibacy LGBT and Catholicism