In 1964 at a Catholic church in The Bronx, priest Father Brendan Flynn gives a homily on doubt, noting that, like faith, it can be a unifying force. Sister Aloysius, the strict principal of the church’s parish school, becomes concerned when she sees a boy pull away from him in the courtyard. Her sisters are told to be alert to suspicious activity in the school.Sister James, a young and naive teacher, receives a request for Donald Miller, an altar boy and the school’s only African-American student, to see Flynn in the rectory. When he returns to class he’s upset and she smells alcohol on his breath. Later, she sees Flynn placing an undershirt in Donald’s locker. Reporting her suspicions to Aloysius, she says such suspicions disquiet her faith. Aloysius tells her that when you address wrongdoing, you take a step away from God, but in His service.Doubt 2008 Movie Download.
Aloysius and James invite Flynn into the office supposedly to discuss the school’s Christmas pageant. During their discussion, the women express drastically different perspectives on how the church should function with regard to the working class: Flynn believes they should relate to their parishioners more actively through shared interests and community activities, while Aloysius believes that the boundaries set by the clergy as distinct and different facilitating the relationship with the parishioners. Sister James is more with Flynn, to adapt to the changing times, to connect better with the kids.
Eventually, Aloysius brings up Donald Miller, noting that he is the only Black child in the school, at risk of being singled out. She states that even Flynn gave him special treatment, like the private meeting they had last week. He becomes defensive over her insinuations and eventually reveals he called Donald to the rectory because he had been caught drinking Sacramental wine. Flynn had been keeping it quiet to protect Donald, but now that Aloysius has forced it out, he must be removed as an altar boy. James is greatly relieved to hear the explanation. Flynn’s next homily is on the evils of gossip.