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Sep 7, 2014 · Reviewer: mizkahuna1 - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - July 21, 2017 Subject: Mea Maxima Culpa - Silence in the House of God This is an outstanding documentary. 19,366 Views
Sep 9, 2012 · With the stories of several deaf men in Wisconsin who were sexually abused as children by their priest in the 1970s, documentary-maker Alex Gibney finds a particularly powerful and resonant anchor...
Mea Maxima Culpa investigates the secret crimes of Father Lawrence Murphy, a charismatic Milwaukee priest who abused more than 200 deaf children in a school under his control.
Dec 3, 2012 · The documentary Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God, is spellbinding for its crisp focus on the tragic fate of boys at St. John’s School for the Deaf in St. Francis, Wisconsin, who were preyed upon by school Director Fr. Lawrence Murphy, who ran the school.
- Marci A. Hamilton
Nov 14, 2012 · It is calm and steady, founded largely on the testimony of Murphy's victims, who use ASL and whose words are spoken aloud by actors Ethan Hawke, Chris Cooper and John Slattery. He also talks to lawyers, newspaper reporters, and two Benedictine monks who have been instrumental in running institutions for rehabilitation of abusive priests.
Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God is a 2012 documentary film directed by Alex Gibney. The film details the first known protest against clerical sex abuse in the United States by four deaf men.
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2012 S&P Award Winner. Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God. Directed by Alex Gibney. A shocking documentary about the Catholic Church's cover-up of sexual abuse and the heroic response of victims. Film Review by Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat.
