Director
Abigail Honor

Director of Photography
Yan Vizinberg

Composer
Michael Picton

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“Morally offensive!”
- Catholic News Service

“One of the most effective, intelligent, mature and romantic love stories to come across the screen recently is, of all things, a documentary.”
- Film Threat

“A quietly persuasive and very timely documentary.”
- New York Post

“Beautifully shot and deeply felt”
- The Onion

“A cinematic sacrament in itself.”
- KameraUK

“A winning look at two charming individuals!”
- New York Magazine
SAINTS AND SINNERS
After living together for seven years in a seemingly accepting community in New York City, Edward DeBonis and Vincent Maniscalco decide to get married. But unlike many other gay couples who formalize their relationship in a domestic union, Vincent and Edward, both devout Catholics, will settle for nothing short of the “Holy Sacrament of Marriage.”
Catholic couple Vincent Maniscalco and Edward DeBonis walking down the aisle on the day of their wedding (Photo by Hazel Hankin)
The couple’s request to The New York Times to announce their wedding in the weekly “Styles” section throws the newspaper into disarray. Publishing the first Catholic gay wedding announcement presents the editors with numerous controversial questions: Is a gay priest a real priest? Can a gay union be called a wedding? Can a gay couple be considered Catholic?
Vincent and Edward’s wedding became the first gay Catholic wedding announcement published by The New York Times
As America stands on the verge of legal acceptance of gay and lesbian unions, “Saints and Sinners” explores the social, political and religious aspects of same-sex marriage and examines its effect on American society.
Vincent and Edward moments after being wed by a gay Catholic priest (Photo by Hazel Hankin)
“Saints and Sinners,” produced by Persona Films, has screened at over fifty film festivals worldwide. After a theatrical release, the documentary was acquired for broadcast by Viacom’s MTV Networks and is available on DVD through Image Entertainment.