After news broke that Stephen Collins is under investigation for child molestation, the focus turned to the short film Penance directed by Jeff Wolfe, which centers on the ideas of abuse and forgiveness, and depicts Collins as a pedophile priest. EW has confirmed that The Starz Denver Film Festival has chosen not to include the film in their festival line-up as previously scheduled, due to the allegations surrounding Collins. The Liverpool Lift-Off Film Festival and the Ojai Film Festival will continue to show the film as scheduled. The film had been scheduled to show at the La Indie Film Festival on Oct.
- 10/17/2014
- by Teresa Jue
- EW - Inside Movies
Stephen Collins was crying out for help ... begging to be locked up for child molestation, if you believe his wife, who castigated him for his latest movie role -- a pedophile priest.Collins starred in "Penance," playing a priest who is confronted by one of his molestation victims. The short film was released in March. When Collins' wife, Faye Grant, found out about the film, she went nuclear. Remember, this was a year After Collins...
- 10/17/2014
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
In a queasy example of art imitating life, Stephen Collins recently filmed a short independent film called “Penance” in which he played a priest who was also a pedophile.
The disgraced “7th Heaven” star, who has been accused of exposing himself to multiple young girls and even molesting one of them, worked with director Jeff Wolfe on the 11-minute project that was screened at the Los Angeles International Underground Film Festival and ended up winning Best Narrative Short.
Per the synopsis, "One man's journey of forgiveness. David Lyons (Safe Haven, Revolution) plays Thomas Walker, a man hounded by personal demons and inner turmoil who has lived long enough with the scars of his past. Stephen Collins (7th Heaven, Blood Diamond) is the Priest he visits to clear his conscience and discover exactly what it means to find forgiveness... or to give it."
Back in April, Collins told press, "To me...
The disgraced “7th Heaven” star, who has been accused of exposing himself to multiple young girls and even molesting one of them, worked with director Jeff Wolfe on the 11-minute project that was screened at the Los Angeles International Underground Film Festival and ended up winning Best Narrative Short.
Per the synopsis, "One man's journey of forgiveness. David Lyons (Safe Haven, Revolution) plays Thomas Walker, a man hounded by personal demons and inner turmoil who has lived long enough with the scars of his past. Stephen Collins (7th Heaven, Blood Diamond) is the Priest he visits to clear his conscience and discover exactly what it means to find forgiveness... or to give it."
Back in April, Collins told press, "To me...
- 10/15/2014
- GossipCenter
This is a serious case of bad timing.
Sometimes, it all comes down to bad timing: The newly released short film Penance stars 7th Heaven actor Stephen Collins -- who is being investigated for child molestation -- as a pedophile priest.
News: Stephen Collins' Wife Alleges He Had a 'Secret Life' In Legal Docs
The movie was shot last year and was directed by Emmy winner Jeff Wolfe (Revolution) and also stars David Lyons (Safe Haven, Revolution). According to the film's website, Lyons plays "Thomas Walker, a man hounded by personal demons and inner turmoil who has lived long enough with the scars of his past."
The short has played at dozens of independent film festivals around the country, even winning Best Picture at Los Angeles’ 2014 Downtown Film Fest.
Collins takes on the role of a priest who is visited by Lyons' character in an effort to "clear his conscience and discover exactly what it means to find...
Sometimes, it all comes down to bad timing: The newly released short film Penance stars 7th Heaven actor Stephen Collins -- who is being investigated for child molestation -- as a pedophile priest.
News: Stephen Collins' Wife Alleges He Had a 'Secret Life' In Legal Docs
The movie was shot last year and was directed by Emmy winner Jeff Wolfe (Revolution) and also stars David Lyons (Safe Haven, Revolution). According to the film's website, Lyons plays "Thomas Walker, a man hounded by personal demons and inner turmoil who has lived long enough with the scars of his past."
The short has played at dozens of independent film festivals around the country, even winning Best Picture at Los Angeles’ 2014 Downtown Film Fest.
Collins takes on the role of a priest who is visited by Lyons' character in an effort to "clear his conscience and discover exactly what it means to find...
- 10/15/2014
- Entertainment Tonight
Talk about horrible casting instincts. Stephen Collins, 67, the former “7th Heaven” actor who was caught on tape by his wife admitting to molesting young girls and is currently being investigated by authorities, played a pedophile priest in a short film that's been making the rounds through the festival circuit. Director Jeff Wolfe, who worked with Collins on the cancelled NBC show “Revolution,” cast the actor long before any of the accusations against him came to light. Also read: '7th Heaven’ Dad Stephen Collins Admits to Child Molestation on Audiotape (Report) “Although my short film, Penance, has recently played at a number of film festivals,...
- 10/15/2014
- by Jeremy Blacklow
- The Wrap
Paying Penance. Embattled 7th Heaven actor Stephen Collins, who allegedly admitted to molesting several girls in a leaked recording, ironically played a pedophile priest in a new short indie film called Penance. According to the film's summary, Collins plays a man of the cloth who is visited by a troubled parishioner. The summary on Penance's website reads: "One man's journey of forgiveness. David Lyons (Safe Haven, Revolution) plays Thomas Walker, a man hounded by personal demons and inner turmoil who has lived long enough with the scars [...]...
- 10/15/2014
- Us Weekly
Stephen Collins, before the audio taped leaked of him confessing to molesting three young girls, filmed the role of a pedophile priest in the short film Penance.
Stephen Collins 'Penance' Role
"David Lyons plays Thomas Walker, a man hounded by personal demons and inner turmoil who has lived long enough with the scars of his past,” the summary for Penance, which is being played on the film festival circuit, reads. “Stephen Collins is the priest he visits to clear his conscience and discover exactly what it means to find forgiveness – or to give it."
Jeff Wolfe, who directed both Lyons and Collins in Revolution, shot the film in 2013, before there was any hint of Collins’ alleged sordid past. For Wolfe, the revelation was especially troubling considering the message he hoped to deliver with his short film.
"Although my short film, Penance, has recently played at a number of film festivals,...
Stephen Collins 'Penance' Role
"David Lyons plays Thomas Walker, a man hounded by personal demons and inner turmoil who has lived long enough with the scars of his past,” the summary for Penance, which is being played on the film festival circuit, reads. “Stephen Collins is the priest he visits to clear his conscience and discover exactly what it means to find forgiveness – or to give it."
Jeff Wolfe, who directed both Lyons and Collins in Revolution, shot the film in 2013, before there was any hint of Collins’ alleged sordid past. For Wolfe, the revelation was especially troubling considering the message he hoped to deliver with his short film.
"Although my short film, Penance, has recently played at a number of film festivals,...
- 10/15/2014
- Uinterview
Well, if this isn't one of the greatest examples of life imitating art... It turns out Stephen Collins latest role was a pedophile priest in a new short independent film that's currently hitting the festival circuit. Penance screened at the Catalina Film Festival on Sept. 27, just days before the actor became the center of an investigation by police after he allegedly confessed to molesting young girls on multiple occasions. According to the film's website, the 11-minute Jeff Wolfe-directed indie is about "one man's journey of forgiveness. David Lyons [Safe Haven, Revolution] plays Thomas Walker, a man hounded by personal demons and inner turmoil who has lived long enough with the scars of his...
- 10/15/2014
- E! Online
Art should imitate life but this is just a little too … weird. A short film that's currently hitting the festival circuit features actor Stephen Collins - who is being investigated for child molestation - as a pedophile priest. Penance, from the Emmy-winning Jeff Wolfe, also stars David Lyons as a man named Thomas Walker who, tormented by personal demons, seeks guidance from a man in the cloth. "Stephen Collins is the priest he visits to clear his conscience and discover exactly what it means to find forgiveness - or to give it," the summary for the film reads. Given the...
- 10/15/2014
- by Lynette Rice, @lynetterice
- PEOPLE.com
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