Much of Deliver Us from Evil is an exposé of Oliver O’Grady, a Californian parish priest who, beginning in the late 70s, was tried and exiled for the abuse of many dozens of children. Catholic pedophilia isn’t a particularly unexploited topic, so it is admirable that Amy Berg documents O’Grady so sensitively—he speaks of his crimes without repression, and it is often disturbing. I say “sensitively” because this would have been an a potent target for a tabloid agenda, and even that may have resulted in at least a moderately engaging document. But because O’Grady isn’t initially revealed to be a monster, the extent and particularity of his crimes – revealed in accrual during the course of the film – becomes all the more inhumane.
by Rumsey Taylor | Source: Lionsgate DVD
09 Jul 2007 10:13 AM | Comments (1)
Relatedly: Diocese to settle sex-abuse claims for $660 million:
It is by far the largest payout in the church’s sexual abuse scandal, and it exceeded earlier reports from sources that the settlement would be between $600 million and $650 million — between $1.2 million and $1.3 million per plaintiff.
Rumsey
15 July 2007
8:01 AM
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