Are you aroused by molesting, abusing or raping young boys? If you could work for an employer that would let you indulge in these perversions whilst at the same time safeguarding you from prosecution, would a career with them be appealing? If the answer is yes, then the Catholic Church might be the place for you.
The above, sadly, does not come from my deranged mind but it is the key theme in this harrowing documentary.
It turns out that the combination of old fashioned "such blasphemous accusations come from enemies of the church" combined with a collusion form Mussolini that granted Vatican a state status thus exempting its leader from any prosecution, has resulted in an unprecedented cover up of crimes against humanity - essentially what child rape is.
The story focuses on three individual cases of deaf boys in a Catholic school in the US, who although molested repeatedly by a priest-predator their cries were totally ignored as it turns out the agenda of the church was not to protect victims but its very own name and reputation.
Whilst the unfolding of the story is devastating for the viewer (would have been so if it were fiction, let alone when it is reality) at the same time the perseverance of these victims and their refusal to give up pursuing this, not for the purposes of revenge but to ensure no other child suffers such fate is utterly moving and inspiring.
More shocking than the facts alone, was the revelation that there has been an array of offending priests and an entire hierarchy going all the way to the highest echelons of the Vatican have joined forces to cover up such incidents, makes it hard to find any words to describe the river of emotions the viewer experiences.
Ultimately, whilst Jesus remains the epitome of selfless philanthropy, it is a church that has an unfortunate track record not only in perversions committed but also perversions covered and perverts protected; no other instance comes to mind where so many sex predators can get away with so many committed crimes.
I can only hope that the loud cries of these deaf boys, now men, can bring about winds of change and those who genuinely care about the reputation of the Catholic church ought to ensure that perpetrators are brought to justice.
An emotional, difficult but highly recommended and didactic viewing.
The above, sadly, does not come from my deranged mind but it is the key theme in this harrowing documentary.
It turns out that the combination of old fashioned "such blasphemous accusations come from enemies of the church" combined with a collusion form Mussolini that granted Vatican a state status thus exempting its leader from any prosecution, has resulted in an unprecedented cover up of crimes against humanity - essentially what child rape is.
The story focuses on three individual cases of deaf boys in a Catholic school in the US, who although molested repeatedly by a priest-predator their cries were totally ignored as it turns out the agenda of the church was not to protect victims but its very own name and reputation.
Whilst the unfolding of the story is devastating for the viewer (would have been so if it were fiction, let alone when it is reality) at the same time the perseverance of these victims and their refusal to give up pursuing this, not for the purposes of revenge but to ensure no other child suffers such fate is utterly moving and inspiring.
More shocking than the facts alone, was the revelation that there has been an array of offending priests and an entire hierarchy going all the way to the highest echelons of the Vatican have joined forces to cover up such incidents, makes it hard to find any words to describe the river of emotions the viewer experiences.
Ultimately, whilst Jesus remains the epitome of selfless philanthropy, it is a church that has an unfortunate track record not only in perversions committed but also perversions covered and perverts protected; no other instance comes to mind where so many sex predators can get away with so many committed crimes.
I can only hope that the loud cries of these deaf boys, now men, can bring about winds of change and those who genuinely care about the reputation of the Catholic church ought to ensure that perpetrators are brought to justice.
An emotional, difficult but highly recommended and didactic viewing.