Priest

Father Greg Pilkington

Father Matthew Thomas

Graham

Maria Kerrigan

Mrs. Unsworth

Mr. Unsworth

Father Ellerton

Lisa Unsworth

Charlie

Bishop

Funeral director

Altar boy

Ellie Molloy

Patrick

Mick Molloy

Tommy

Man in lift

Mrs. Gobshite

Mr. Gobshite

Jehovah's Witness

Guest at wake

Guest at Wake

Guest at Wake

Guest at Wake

Bobby

Girl in Confessional

Boy Car Thief

Boy with Stutter

Sister Kevin

Boy at Beach (as Kevin Jones)

Charge Sergeant

Reporter (as Mickey Poppins)

Father Redstone

Tommy's Child

Tommy's child

Man on Skateboard

Nurse

Chilean band leader

Director Antonia Bird cut a scene of Linus Roache's bare buttocks to ensure only an R rating in the USA.

The Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights were so outraged by the film's subject and its release date over the Easter weekend that they called for all their members to boycott anything Disney-related.

The Catholic Church in Ireland were very vocal about their views in having the film banned from theatrical distribution. The film censor disagreed and the film was released with an 18 certificate. This marked a major turning point in the relationship between the church and the Irish Film Censor board.

Father Greg holds up a communion wafer which is smooth. The scene cuts to Graham and then back to Father Greg, and the wafer has a diagonal line across it.

Father Matthew Thomas: The creation of mankind only started on the sixth day. It hasn't stopped yet. We're taller than we were a thousand years ago. We're fitter, faster. We live longer. We're better educated. More informed. So, creation... is an ongoing process. And if you interfere with it with it, aren't you spitting in the face of God? If you exploit your work force, don't you spit in the face of God? If you kill and maim, throw people out of their homes, turn your back on the elderly, If you shut down schools and hospitals, force people out on the dole - In fact, if you do anything... to prevent one single human being reaching their full potential, aren't you interfering in creation and spitting in the face of God? That's what I believe. That's my truth. That's what made me become a priest, and makes me remain a priest. The peace of the Lord be with you always.

Father Greg Pilkington: Abi et futue te ipsum, sordide senex.

Father Greg Pilkington: And how would you feel if someone robbed your car?