Matthew is long ordained, jumps on the latest bandwagons of causes, is at war with authority, unashamedly sleeps with his housekeeper - and is unrepentant. A little girl, in going to confession to Fr. Greg, tells him that her father is sexually using her. Greg, is totally without shame, and unrepentant. None of the characters, including the bishop, have a warm relationship with Christ.
None have any spirituality beyond that of an ersatz compassionate humanism run amok.
The bishop is devoid of even that, passionless, cold and indifferent to anything human. Only the gay priest, Fr. Greg, recognizes right from wrong. And every character's predominant feeling is that of being sorry for themselves. The movie uses human suffering and compassion as rapiers to cut up the Catholic Church.