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Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God

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Filmmaker Alex Gibney examines reports of pedophilia within the Roman Catholic Church, focusing specifically on a group of men who alleged that they were abused as boys by a priest at a Milwaukee school for the deaf.
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Critics Consensus

Examining the intricacies of global scandal through one haunting case, Mea Maxima Culpa is an impassioned and meticulous exposé on abuses of power and institutional sin.

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Tara Brady Irish Times Feb 26, 2013
4/5
It's impossible to leave the cinema without hoping that the Papal resignation and the awful events explored here are not unrelated. Go to Full Review
Xan Brooks Guardian Feb 14, 2013
4/5
A kind of unintentional leaving gift for the outgoing Pope Benedict, though it is not one he is likely to relish. Go to Full Review
Robbie Collin Daily Telegraph (UK) Feb 14, 2013
4/5
The film shocks you to the marrow, and every frame burns with a righteous fire, itself religious in its intensity. Go to Full Review
Jordan M. Smith IONCINEMA.com Feb 9, 2020
Impeccably researched and devastatingly tragic, Gibney's latest is a magnificent deconstruction of organized crime rather than a blatant attack on religion as one might assume a film of this nature could become. Go to Full Review
Ellie Lucas From the Front Row Aug 6, 2019
3.5/4
Even in the face of such staggering evil, Gibney finds a story of simple heroism, a light cutting through widespread darkness. Go to Full Review
Simon Weaving Screenwize Apr 23, 2013
4/5
a carefully constructed observation of the facts and a withering condemnation of the behaviour of the Catholic Church. Go to Full Review
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Leia R Jan 13, 2018 Very compelling. The little guys against the "mega-church". Guess who wins?
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Alex Gibney

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Alex Gibney

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Jamey Sheridan

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Chris Cooper

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Ethan Hawke

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John Slattery

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Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God

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Movie Info

Synopsis Filmmaker Alex Gibney examines reports of pedophilia within the Roman Catholic Church, focusing specifically on a group of men who alleged that they were abused as boys by a priest at a Milwaukee school for the deaf.
Director
Alex Gibney
Producer
Nicoletta Billi, Trevor Birney, Alex Gibney, Alexandra Johnes, Ruth O'reilly, Maureen A. Ryan, Kristen Vaurio, Jedd Wider, Todd Wider
Screenwriter
Alex Gibney
Production Co
Wider Film Projects, Jigsaw Prods.
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Oct 9, 2014
Runtime
1h 47m
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