Run, little boy!
Run for your life!
- Sir Alfred Hitchcock
Driving through a Swiss city one day, Sir Alfred Hitchcock, the British filmmaker famous for suspense and thriller movies, suddenly pointed out of the car window and said, "That is the most frightening sight I have ever seen." His companion was surprised to see nothing more alarming that a priest in conversation with a little boy, his hand on the child's shoulder. "Run, little boy," cried Hitchcock, leaning out of the car. "Run for your life!"
2007 Oscar Nominated Documentary
Hitchcock was not alone in his knowledge of Catholic Priests Sexual Abuse. Countless of arts, from Jose Rizal's novel Noli Me Tangere to John Smith's movie The Boys of St. Vincent, illustrate in explicit detail how the Catholic hierarchy breeds sexual repressions that leads to distorted sexuality.
This years Oscar nominated documentary Deliver Us From Evil, once again opens up this pandora's box of a subject. Amy Berg follows and chronicles a priest from California who molested dozens of parishioners, including raping a 9-month-old infant and the mother of one of his teenage victims. Unlike most documentary, Deliver Us From Evil doesn't use grating voice-over, as the story unfolds for itself.
Amy Berg film is scarier than any movie I've seen this year - it pierces me watching the victims, as well as the calm rapist, who spoke in front of the camera. What's more it enrages the senses to discover how corrupt the Catholic Church hierarchy - from the Cardinals who cover-up rape cases by transferring pedophiles to other parishes, to Pope Benedict who sent a memo to hide the abuse, to George W. Bush who granted pedophile priest immunity from prosecution.
Deliver Us From Evil is more devastating than Hand of God, thematically more expansive than last year's oscar-nominated Twist of Faith, and more gut-wrenching than last year's BAFTA award-winning documentary Sex Crimes And The Vatican.
Videos
Deliver Us From Evil Trailer (2 mins.):
Interview with Amy Berg at Toronto Film Festival (4 mins.):
Reuters Report: Catholic Priests Pedophiles (5 mins.):
CNN: Vatican Sex Abuse Secrets (5 mins.):
News on Colombia Priests Abuse (39 secs.):
London Sexual Abuse Awareness (1 min.):
News on Cardinals & Bishops Cover-ups (4 mins.):
Full Video of Sex Crimes and the Vatican (40 mins.):
Philippines Catholic Priests Sex Abuse:
- BBC on Philippines Church Sex Abuses
- Women impregnated by Philippines Priests
- Bishop from Pasig accused of illicit relationship
- Woman from Iloilo Raped by a Filipino Priest
- Pedophile Priest transferred to Cebu
- Filipino Priests in Los Angeles Abused a Minor
- Cebu Catholic Priest Rape Case
- Cebu Priest Abusing 19 High School Students
- Cebu Archdiocese criticized media for exposing priest abuse
- Cebu Cardinal Vidal on priests pocketing church funds and abusing children
- Bishop Teodoro Bacani admits to Sexually Harrasing his Secretary
- Catholic Priests Abusing Nuns for Sex
i am so disappointed at some of our catholic priests. I have no respect for a few priests I know. It's really shocking.
I think priesthood is very unhealthy for anyone. I don't blame the priests for being as sick as they are. That just shows how the whole religion needs a good overhaul.
scary and shocking...this time and age, we cannot just trust anyone, not even the men in robes. we have to protect ourselves, we have to protect our children.
benj,
I agree. Prolong celibacy is bad for anyone.
Thank goodness I am an atheist!
one bad apple should not sopil the whole bunch
How many rapist atheist are there? How many rapist buddhist are there?
How many rapist Muslims are there? should we condemn everyone over 1 person?
1 bad apple!? are you effin kidding me?!, you better do some research on the matter before you say something dumb like that again.
well.. f*ck me :O