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A star rating of 3 out of 5.

Only the victims emerge with any credit in Alex Gibney's harrowing exposé of child abuse within the Roman Catholic Church, which reveals the extent the Vatican has been actively involved in covering up crimes committed by priests. The central case is built around the activities of Father Lawrence Murphy, who assaulted boys at St John's School for the Deaf in Wisconsin for a quarter of a century before four ex-students decided to take a stand in the 1970s. However, Gibney (an Oscar winner for his 2007 documentary Taxi to the Dark Side) is also keen to denounce the failure of popes John Paul II and Benedict XVI to admit to the prevalence of the problem and punish known offenders. The evidence he presents is persuasive and is backed up by plenty of compelling first-hand testimony, but the melodramatic methods employed to reconstruct Murphy's predatory nocturnal prowling are badly misjudged and distract from the appalling revelations.

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Cast

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Terry KohutTerry Kohut
Arthur BudzinskiArthur Budzinski
Gary SmithGary Smith
Pat KuehnPat Kuehn
Terry KohutJamey Sheridan
Arthur BudzinskiJohn Slattery
Gary SmithChris Cooper
Pat KuehnEthan Hawke

Crew

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DirectorAlex Gibney

Details

Theatrical distributor
Element Pictures
Released on
2013-02-15
Languages
English | Italian
Guidance
References to child sexual abuse.
Formats
Colour
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