Catalog - The City Library

Format:

DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials

Title:

Mea maxima culpa : silence in the house of God / Content ; HBO Documentary Films ; a Jigsaw production in association with Wider Film Projects and Below the Radar Films ; a film by Alex Gibney ; producer, Kristen Vaurio ; co-producer, Sloane Klevin ; producers, Alex Gibney, Alexandra Johnes ; produced by Todd Wider, Jedd Wider ; written & directed by Alex Gibney.

Publisher, Date:

New York, NY : Docuramafilms : Cinedgm [2013]

Description:

1 videodisc (107 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

4 3/4 in.

digital optical

laser optical NTSC

video file DVD video

Summary:

Investigates the secret crimes of Father Lawrence Murphy, a Milwaukee priest who abused more than 200 deaf children in a school under his control. The film documents the first known public protest against the pontiff himself. The investigation helped uncover documents from the secret Vatican archives that show the Pope, who must operate within the mysterious rules of the Roman Curia, as both responsible and helpless in the face of evil.

Subjects:

Murphy, Lawrence, -1998.

Catholic Church -- Clergy -- Sexual behavior.

Child molesters -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee -- Biography.

Child sexual abuse by clergy -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee -- History -- 20th century.

Child sexual abuse -- Religious aspects.

Deaf children -- Abuse of -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee.

Documentary films.

Nonfiction films.

Feature films.

Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

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