Revelation Podcast: Recent Episodes
ABC Radio
Journalists Sarah Ferguson, Tony Jones and Nial Fulton take you behind-the-scenes on the making of the Revelation documentary series. The series focuses on sexual abuse by Catholic priests with never before seen footage of court trials and interviews with convicted priests.
In Revelation's final episode, a witness appears late in the recording process with new allegations concerning Cardinal George Pell. Sarah Ferguson, Nial Fulton and Tony Jones talk about the complicated process of making the finale of the series.
Sarah Ferguson heads into a maximum-security prison to interview Bernard McGrath, a former St John of God brother, who is serving 39 years for crimes against children. It was a complicated interview with a master manipulator, so how do you decide what to ask and how to ask it?
How do you get a convicted priest to talk to you? And how do you prepare survivors for the prospect of appearing in the same episode as their abuser?