Reply #51: I am sorry.........

[springhill]

but I disagree..........after watching the movie "Deliver us from Evil" concerning Father O'Grady and how he was moved from church to church when they knew he was a rapist, well it is just sickening. And the coverup went all the way up the hierarchy...the church is all about power. Now, granted, there may be a lot of catholics who aren't aware of the extent of the abuse and coverup, but how can you stay in a church that is so blantantly sick? Everything the church did was to protect the monsters who were raping young kids. That is beyond sick. In the movie, they speculated that there are probably tens of thousands of rapists (that's what they are) roaming the catholic churches.

Here is a few paragraphs of a review:

This is not a flashy documentary with lots of charts and graphics, but it allows the poor souls destroyed by Father O'Grady's actions to tell their stories in their own words. Now in their forties, O'Grady's victims candidly speak out about what happened to them and how it deeply impacted their lives, forcing them to question their own faith. The hardest interview to watch is that of the father of one a female victim who breaks down on camera about how O'Grady destroyed his family. Wanting nothing to do with the movie, Catholic officials' only response comes via taped depositions at court trials regarding Father O'Grady. Seeing all that pain interspersed with the dishonest testimony of those who are supposed to be impervious to temptation and sin makes this movie as emotionally stirring as "Capturing the Friedmans."

As stories unfold about O'Grady abusing his position by molesting his young charges, you might still be unconvinced until you hear from the offender himself. Seemingly without a modicum of guilt or remorse, O'Grady cheerfully tells the camera how he's stimulated by the thought of naked children, a creepy confession that sticks with you for the rest of the movie, making you wonder how Berg could spend so much time in the presence of a monster who could cause so much pain in people's lives. She drives home the point by showing shots of O'Grady in the vicinity of kids, having been allowed to roam free in a country sans Megan's Law, which means there's little to stop him from running rampant. Considering his past, it's too disturbing to even imagine.

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The last part of the movie deals with the unrepentant O'Grady trying to find closure, as he vainly reaches out to his victims in hopes of meeting and reconciling with the people whose lives he's ruined. Not surprisingly, they decline. At the same time, the victims try to get a letter to the new Pope, who ironically is the same man who was in charge of investigating improper sexual behavior by priests while he was a Cardinal.

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The Bottom Line:
"Deliver Us From Evil" is a heartbreaking film, even horrifying at times, but it's exposure of how the Catholic Church covered up internal sex crimes is so disturbing that once the shock wears off, you're likely to get very mad about how something like this could have been allowed to happen. Obviously, it's an ongoing issue that needs to be dealt with, but if nothing else, this documentary might offer some succor to those who feel they've been betrayed by their own faith.

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