Deliver Us From Evil

Sadly this documentary highlights just how big a problem child abuse within the church has become. Over 100,000 victims of clergy abuse have come forward in America alone. Father O'Grady was trusted by those around him because of his authority, much like a teacher and on several occasional violated the trust of the families he worked with by molesting their children. The daunting facts which become apparent are how aware the church were made yet their efforts were focused solely on keeping things quiet and moving him onto another parish where nobody would know of his past. Eerily even in testimony he never seems connected to the abuse. In deposition he is even asked if he has ever been told that he may have dissasociative disorder and he replies that he probably has. Even when discussing the specifics of what he did to the children, there seems to be a presence of joy in his voice, although that could just be the jovial sounding Irish accent. Within his eyes you never see any true aknowledgement of what he has done despite the fact he openly discusses it to the camera. Although this documentary could have been crafted slightly better it still plays an important part in raising awareness of the all to common practice of clergy abuse and the churches resistance to deal with the problem, even the Pope is listed as one who has worked to avoid public scandal.