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Sep 29, 2024 · A new documentary by producer Kristin Du Mez highlights stories of survivors of clergy sex abuse and cover up in evangelical churches.
- Deliver Us From Evil (2006) Amy Berg's "sometimes sickening but vitally relevant" documentary focuses on now-defrocked priest Oliver O'Grady, who admitted to molesting roughly 25 boys and girls in California from the late 1970s to 1991.
- The Boys of St. Vincent (1992) [WARNING: partial nudity] Dramatizing real-life sexual and physical abuses of boys at a Christian Brothers orphanage in Newfoundland, this film focuses on 10-year-old orphan Kevin Reevey and Brother Peter Lavin (Henry Czerny), the sadistic pedophile who heads the orphanage.
- Hand of God (2006, shown on PBS's Frontline in 2007) Exposing the effects of child-molestation on a family, filmmaker Joe Cultrera tells the story of his brother Paul's investigation into the Boston archdiocese's mishandling of his accused molester, Fr.
- Sex Crimes of the Vatican (2006) This Irish documentary takes direct aim at Pope Benedict XVI, charging that he covered up scores of sexual abuse cases during his 20 years as Vatican doctrine enforcer under Pope John Paul II.
Nov 25, 2015 · “It takes a village to abuse a child” refers to the manner in which priest sexual abuse of young boys was mishandled, ignored, and covered up by clergy, lawyers, school principals, teachers, public relations personnel—and even family members of the victims themselves.
Keeping Mum: Directed by Niall Johnson. With Rowan Atkinson, Kristin Scott Thomas, Maggie Smith, Patrick Swayze. A pastor preoccupied with writing the perfect sermon fails to realize that his wife is having an affair, and his children are up to no good.
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Apr 8, 2021 · Following recent revelations of clerical abuse in the Catholic Church, we've rounded up a list of films and documentaries to watch if you want some further insight on the matter.
Plot. In 1976, at a Boston Police station, two policemen discuss the arrest of Fr. John Geoghan for child molestation. A high-ranking cleric talks to the mother of the victimized children. An assistant district attorney then enters the precinct and tells the policemen not to let the press learn what has happened.
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In the South American jungle, fundamentalist missionaries Martin and Hazel clash with tribe members and rival groups while pilot Lewis gets entangled with mission head Leslie's wife Andy amid encroaching civilization.
