Airdate: Revelation

ABC has confirmed a date for its anticipated 3 part documentary series Revelation.

Investigative reporter Sarah Ferguson profiles two paedophile priests and brothers who committed crimes whilst serving in the Catholic Church.

The feature length finale will also include “the story of a man who has kept a shocking secret for decades. Until now.”

“There was always a voice we didn’t hear in this unfolding story, that of the priests and brothers themselves. It drove me to seek out the perpetrators. I met a challenge unlike any I have ever come across, in bristling encounters where I had to fight for the truth with men still conditioned to protect the church,” Ferguson said.

In a series of television firsts, Revelation features interviews with two of Australia’s worst serial paedophiles – an ordained priest and a religious brother – and takes cameras into court to follow the drama of their criminal trials.

Ferguson’s compelling interviews are the first insiders’ accounts of the system of protection and cover-up that allowed its members to get away with such heinous crimes for so long.

Follow Ferguson into a maximum-security prison to meet the most notorious member of one of the most notorious religious orders. Join her as she travels to Ireland and the Vatican to ask senior church figures to explain the evil in their midst.

The unmissable final chapter airing on Tuesday 31 March is a cinematic, feature-length event, transporting you to the heart of power in the global Catholic Church. This is the story of a man who has kept a shocking secret for decades. Until now.

Revelation is a three-part documentary series airing weekly from Tuesday 17 March at 8:30pm on ABC TV and iview.

Revelation is an In Films production for ABC. ABC Commercial holds worldwide distribution rights.

8:30pm Tuesday March 17 on ABC.