'Saint' & the man of 9/11 (Film on Rev. Mychal Judge FDNY Chaplain)

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http://www.nydailynews.com/front/story/411373p-347901c.html

The Rev. Mychal Judge, the beloved FDNY chaplain killed on Sept. 11, 2001, has become a mythic figure.

He was the Franciscan friar blessed with a tireless energy who comforted widows and widowers, tended to AIDS patients and took care of the poor.

But he was also a recovering alcoholic and a gay man, who struggled so his sexuality would not get in the way of his ministry, according to a new documentary that promises to explore the man in full.

"Saint of 9/11," which opens Thursday at the Tribeca Film Festival, shows how Judge successfully brought together people from the sometime disparate Catholic, Irish and gay communities.

"I saw him acting as the bridge," said film director Glenn Holsten. "He walked fearlessly, pretty much to his own piper."