▁Father ▁Greg ' s ▁presence ▁at ▁the ▁alt ar . ▁Father ▁Matthew ▁dem ands ▁they ▁leave ▁the ▁church . ▁The ▁two ▁pri ests ▁then ▁begin ▁to ▁dist ribute ▁the ▁E uchar ist , ▁but ▁the ▁remaining ▁parish ion ers ▁ignore ▁Father ▁Greg ▁and ▁line ▁up ▁to ▁receive ▁commun ion ▁from ▁Father ▁Matthew . ▁Lisa ▁finally ▁approaches ▁the ▁younger ▁priest , ▁and ▁the ▁two ▁fall ▁into ▁each ▁other ' s ▁arms ▁so bb ing . ▁This ▁last ▁scene ▁effectively ▁revers es ▁Catholic ▁Church ' s ▁traditional ▁role ▁division , ▁as ▁it ▁is ▁the ▁Pri est ▁who ▁asks ▁for ▁and ▁receives ▁the ▁parish ion er ' s ▁forg iveness . ▁ ▁Cast ▁Lin us ▁Ro ache ▁as ▁Father ▁Greg ▁Pil k ington ▁Tom ▁Wil kin son ▁as ▁Father ▁Matthew ▁Thomas ▁Robert ▁Car ly le ▁as ▁Graham ▁C ath y ▁T ys on ▁as ▁Maria ▁K err igan ▁Christ ine ▁T rem ar co ▁as ▁Lisa ▁Un sw orth ▁Robert ▁P ugh ▁as ▁Mr . ▁Un sw orth ▁Les ley ▁Sh arp ▁as ▁Mrs . ▁Un sw orth ▁ ▁Production ▁The ▁film ▁was ▁shot ▁on ▁location ▁in ▁Bl und ells ands , ▁Liverpool , ▁London , ▁and ▁Manchester . ▁ ▁The ▁film ▁premier ed ▁at ▁the ▁Toronto ▁International ▁Film ▁Festival ▁in ▁September ▁ 1 9 9 4 . ▁It ▁went ▁into ▁general ▁release ▁in ▁the ▁UK ▁on ▁ 1 7 ▁March ▁ 1 9 9 5 ▁and ▁into ▁limited ▁release ▁in ▁the ▁US ▁the ▁following ▁week . ▁Open ing ▁on ▁eight ▁screens , ▁it ▁earned ▁$