Official Movie Website Theatrical Release 12/01/06 Home Video Not Available MPAA Rating Unrated Running Time 1 hour 41 minutes Genre Documentary Director Amy Berg Writer Amy Berg Cast Father Oliver O'Grady Studio Lions Gate Film |
DELIVER US FROM EVIL
SYNOPSIS
DELIVER US FROM EVIL centers on the story of
Father Oliver O’Grady, the most notorious
pedophile in the history of the modern Catholic
Church. Devoid of any sense of shame or
remorse, O’Grady used his charm and authority to
befriend and violate dozens of faithful Catholic
families across Northern California for more than
two decades. His victims ranged from a nine
month-old infant to the middle-aged mother of
another adolescent victim.
Despite early warning signs and complaints from
several parishes, the Church, in an elaborate
shell game designed to avoid liability and deflect
criticism, lied to parishioners and local law
enforcement, while continuing to move O’Grady
from parish to parish. Internal Church documents
prove that beginning in 1973, he raped and
sodomized with the full knowledge of his Catholic
superiors.
Remarkably, DELIVER US FROM EVIL filmmaker
Amy Berg tracked down Father O’Grady and
persuaded him to participate in the making of her
film. O’Grady’s dispassionate account of the
hundreds of children he molested is deeply
DELIVER US FROM EVIL centers on the story of
Father Oliver O’Grady, the most notorious
pedophile in the history of the modern Catholic
Church. Devoid of any sense of shame or
remorse, O’Grady used his charm and authority to
befriend and violate dozens of faithful Catholic
families across Northern California for more than
two decades. His victims ranged from a nine
month-old infant to the middle-aged mother of
another adolescent victim.
Despite early warning signs and complaints from
several parishes, the Church, in an elaborate
shell game designed to avoid liability and deflect
criticism, lied to parishioners and local law
enforcement, while continuing to move O’Grady
from parish to parish. Internal Church documents
prove that beginning in 1973, he raped and
sodomized with the full knowledge of his Catholic
superiors.
Remarkably, DELIVER US FROM EVIL filmmaker
Amy Berg tracked down Father O’Grady and
persuaded him to participate in the making of her
film. O’Grady’s dispassionate account of the
hundreds of children he molested is deeply
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chilling. It is juxtaposed with survivor’s stories not only of being abused by Father O’Grady, but of being
raped of their faith by a religious institution they had been raised to place every ounce of their trust and
hope in, of losing the support they so desperately needed from their church communities, and of an adult
lifetime spent searching for basic acknowledgement that the Church still isn’t willing to extend them.
Alongside them, never-before-seen footage of the eventual deposition of Los Angeles Cardinal Roger
Mahony and his former second-in-command Monsignor Cain, interviews with experts such as Canon
lawyer and historian Fr. Thomas Doyle, prosecution attorneys and former priests weaves a devastatingly
brave portrait of the wider clergy sex abuse crisis.
raped of their faith by a religious institution they had been raised to place every ounce of their trust and
hope in, of losing the support they so desperately needed from their church communities, and of an adult
lifetime spent searching for basic acknowledgement that the Church still isn’t willing to extend them.
Alongside them, never-before-seen footage of the eventual deposition of Los Angeles Cardinal Roger
Mahony and his former second-in-command Monsignor Cain, interviews with experts such as Canon
lawyer and historian Fr. Thomas Doyle, prosecution attorneys and former priests weaves a devastatingly
brave portrait of the wider clergy sex abuse crisis.