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Abuse Documentary:

The Shame of the Catholic Church

NYT    31 March 2014

Abuse Documentary: The Shame of the Catholic Church

Video    Retro Report    The New York Times    31 March 2014

Sexual abuse in the Catholic Church

has been making headlines for years.

Some priests have been punished,

but what about the bishops who shielded them?

YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jW-S9Ddws4w 

Silence in the House of God:

Mea Maxima Culpa    Official Trailer    2012

Silence in the House of God: Mea Maxima Culpa

Official Trailer (2012)        Video

Coming to Australian cinemas on 21 March 2013

In SILENCE IN THE HOUSE OF GOD: MEA MAXIMA CULPA

Oscar-winning filmmaker Alex Gibney

exposes the abuse of power in the Catholic Church

and a cover-up that winds its way

from the row houses of Milwaukee Wisconsin,

through the bare ruined choirs of Ireland's churches

all the way to the highest office of the Vatican.

By investigating the secret crimes of a charismatic priest

who abused over 200 deaf children in a school under his control

-- the film shows the face of evil

that lurks behind the smiles and denials

of authority figures and institutions

who believe that because they stand for good

they can do no wrong.

The film documents the first known public protest

against clerical sex abuse in the U.S.A.,

a struggle of more than three decades

that ultimately led to a lawsuit

against the Pontiff himself.

These heroes, four deaf young men,

set out to expose the priest

who had abused them and so many others

by trying to make their voices "heard".

Their investigation helped to uncover documents

from the secret Vatican Archives that shows the Pope

-- who must operate within the mysterious rules of the roman Curia --

as both responsible and helpless in the face of evil.

YouTube >  FilmsMadaman        19 February 2013

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLZDLp7lx28 

Full film

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EH6dc449jec

Review

http://www.theguardian.com/film/2013/feb/17/mea-maxima-culpa-review

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