I beleive that the character was an Anglican priest, or else how could he be married w/ children. I don't recall that the crucifix was returned to the wall, although I looked for it.
In general though I found the movie a muddle that was a very poor representation of faith and religion, and I agree that people looking for God aren't likely to find Him in a movie theater.
That being said, I'm glad to see Gibson is a faithful son of the church and I respect him for taking a stand when so many take the easy way.
I'll wait for the movie on Christ to come out before passing judgement (although I'm not optimistic).
I've been told I missed the fact it was an Episcopalian collar.
I suppose if he'd been playing a post-op transsexual female minister folks still called "father" out of habit and who had kids from her days as a male, that would have been a dead giveaway he was Church of England.
As it was, I'm one of those Mel Gibson fans that also thinks highly of him for being unabashedly Catholics. It was disconcerting then, to see him cast as a married priest with kids.