A ground-breaking documentary series by a Fermanagh born filmmaker on the criminal priests and brothers of the Catholic Church and their crimes in Australia will be laid bare for the first time in their own words next month.

In a series of television firsts, Revelation by Nial Fulton 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.

The compelling interviews, carried out by journalist Sarah Ferguson, 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.

“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,” said Ms Ferguson.

The series follows Ferguson into a maximum-security prison to meet the most notorious member of one of the most notorious religious orders. She travels to Ireland and the Vatican to ask senior church figures to explain the evil in their midst.

The unmissable series has been described as a cinematic, feature-length event, transporting viewers to the heart of power in the global Catholic church.