This documentary could've been 20 episodes. The filmmaker did an outstanding job From the many reviews I have read, you do not seem to get it! This was not based on the suppressed memory of several people! This was based on the suppressed memory of one person! A memory so horrible *spoiler* (being shown the dead body of her beloved teacher & being told, "see what happens when you say bad things about people"), that she buried it deeply into her soul. For the reviewer who could not understand *spoiler* that Maskell showed her the dead body, I am assuming you did not watch the entire series? Maskell was "powerful and protected" - *spoiler* Maskell's brother was the Police lieutenant, his best friend was a policeman and Maskell was the Police chaplain...do I need to spell this out? Who would've believed Jane Doe IF she was not afraid to come forward? In addition, by showing her the body, he was directly threatening her. And to those reviewers who wonder about the lack of evidence? *Spoiler* did you miss the part where the police allegedly lost the evidence during Hurricane Agnes?
When the lawyers published an ad (NO money mentioned, just a "Do you know something?"), they received an influx of letters from women who either were affected or knew of someone who was affected.
And for you non-Catholics, you must understand that in the late 60s to 70s, priests were considered God. They were not questioned. They were not to be doubted. One man in the documentary said it best, when the priests visited Catholic elementary school classrooms, when the priests entered the classroom, "there was silence." Very true. So many sexually abused children of priests were deeply afraid to come forward. My own friends, who were abused in their childhood by our parish priest (from ages 8 to 12), did not tell me until they were in their 40s. When I asked "Why didn't you tell me?" their response was, "We were afraid you would tell your mother and she would call the parish or the police."
Jane Roe did not have suppressed memory! She came forward when she read that someone else had been abused. Then more and more came forward. And you must realize, those of us students who were unaffected by the abuse witnessed the behavior of our fellow students who were molested! They appeared drugged, their personalities had changed, their grades dropped, etc.
Nobody received $40 million dollars. Those affected received ridiculously modest settlements despite the horrors they had endured. And the ending *spoiler* which nobody seems to "get" is that this all could've been prevented if the Archdiocese of Baltimore had admitted to Jane Doe (the first woman to report the abuse at Archbishop Keough High School), that yes, indeed, her memories were confirmed by the fact that a year prior to her abuse, a mother at St. Clement's elementary school had reported Maskell's abuse of her son to the police! The Archdiocese told Jane Doe she did NOT have a case because there was no record of any abuse by this said "priest." Instead, the Archdiocese ignored this mother's protest and reassigned Maskell to Archbishop Keough where this monster unleashed further horrors upon many other young girls' lives with a willing accomplice, Father Magnus.
God bless all of the women affected by the Father Monsters and in loving memory to those who committed suicide, had abortions or gave birth and those currently enduring drug or alcohol dependencies or died due to those dependencies because of the atrocities of these two "priests". Maskell could've been removed by the Archdiocese of Baltimore but the AOB prevented it ase Archbishop Keeler was about to be made a Cardinal. And in loving memory of Sister Cathy Cesnik, who was killed because she was about to reveal all of these atrocities to the Archdiocese the next day, but was killed before she moved forward.
When the lawyers published an ad (NO money mentioned, just a "Do you know something?"), they received an influx of letters from women who either were affected or knew of someone who was affected.
And for you non-Catholics, you must understand that in the late 60s to 70s, priests were considered God. They were not questioned. They were not to be doubted. One man in the documentary said it best, when the priests visited Catholic elementary school classrooms, when the priests entered the classroom, "there was silence." Very true. So many sexually abused children of priests were deeply afraid to come forward. My own friends, who were abused in their childhood by our parish priest (from ages 8 to 12), did not tell me until they were in their 40s. When I asked "Why didn't you tell me?" their response was, "We were afraid you would tell your mother and she would call the parish or the police."
Jane Roe did not have suppressed memory! She came forward when she read that someone else had been abused. Then more and more came forward. And you must realize, those of us students who were unaffected by the abuse witnessed the behavior of our fellow students who were molested! They appeared drugged, their personalities had changed, their grades dropped, etc.
Nobody received $40 million dollars. Those affected received ridiculously modest settlements despite the horrors they had endured. And the ending *spoiler* which nobody seems to "get" is that this all could've been prevented if the Archdiocese of Baltimore had admitted to Jane Doe (the first woman to report the abuse at Archbishop Keough High School), that yes, indeed, her memories were confirmed by the fact that a year prior to her abuse, a mother at St. Clement's elementary school had reported Maskell's abuse of her son to the police! The Archdiocese told Jane Doe she did NOT have a case because there was no record of any abuse by this said "priest." Instead, the Archdiocese ignored this mother's protest and reassigned Maskell to Archbishop Keough where this monster unleashed further horrors upon many other young girls' lives with a willing accomplice, Father Magnus.
God bless all of the women affected by the Father Monsters and in loving memory to those who committed suicide, had abortions or gave birth and those currently enduring drug or alcohol dependencies or died due to those dependencies because of the atrocities of these two "priests". Maskell could've been removed by the Archdiocese of Baltimore but the AOB prevented it ase Archbishop Keeler was about to be made a Cardinal. And in loving memory of Sister Cathy Cesnik, who was killed because she was about to reveal all of these atrocities to the Archdiocese the next day, but was killed before she moved forward.