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Moving from one parish to another in Northern California during the 1970s, Father Oliver O'Grady quickly won each congregation's trust and respect. Unbeknownst to them, O'Grady was a dangerously activ...( read more 
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MCT:June 5, 2008What a tragic movie. I don't really recommend it... but it is good. If you plan on watching it... be prepared to cry and feel sick.
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MCT:June 5, 2008
Heartbreaking. This all went down in the surrounding cities where I'm currently living. It was very uncomfortable to watch throughout but its a story that a lot of people should know about.
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MCT:May 28, 2008
If this movie doesn't make you angry, there is something wrong with you.Unfortunately it should have never had to be made.
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MCT:April 24, 2008really dark doc'. not seen anything really like this and dont really wanna watch it again. if this thing doesnt get you pissed off in some way, then you might as well give up now.
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MCT:March 30, 2008
The low rating is just because it's kind of sick. This is about a priest who molested kids and the church would just move him to another town. However, when they moved him, it was never more than an hour away from any of the other towns he was in before. Then, all he has to do is drive an hour to go back to the kids he already molested. He has now been deported to Ireland, but no one there has been informed of his previous indiscretions. This is infuriating and makes me angry.
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MCT:March 24, 2008Very well done, though this movie will piss you off something fierce! The level of hypocrisy in the Catholic church is amazing and this movie outlines a lot of sad but true realities
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MCT:March 10, 2008
Unpredictably booring!!!
This movie is too 'flat'/.First,the had no music/background music at all,their data only came from the testimonial,no photos etc. . It did deserve not to win the Oscar... -
MCT:March 2, 2008Even though it's an interesting subject, it really only focuses on this one guy and his tales. However the tales you can easily get lost in and the end where the family goes to Rome is also disappointing. I know it's a serious subject but this documentary didn't make me want to keep watching like others do.
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MCT:February 8, 2008
Not for the faint-hearted.
This is a profoundly moving and shocking documentary. Watching it made me so incredibly angry, and when I read the part at the end about Dubya protecting the pope i actually started crying.
The way some of the Catholic clergy behave and want their "flock" to behave are a travesty of the true teachings of Jesus.
Jesus listened to the stories of the most lowly citizens, and did not turn them away pompously. He did not lust after power, glory, riches, or promotion. His teachings were based on love, not fear. When will they wake up and allow priests to lead normal lives by marrying, not to mention being more open-minded about...say...EVERYTHING!? And stop instructing people to live by doctrines that THEY invented, not Jesus!
Watching O'Grady talking about his victims in such a matter-of-fact way, while looking like a benevolent grandfather was just creepy, not to mention clips of him in the park with children walking past him as he's talking about his sexual attraction to them.
Watching the anguish that the Jyono parents go through as they tell their story is also very confronting.
Finally it was so poignant and sad to see Ann still attending church although her father no longer believes in God, and trying to rediscover her faith, although the very man entrusted to guide her in this betrayed her so vilely. -
MCT:January 28, 2008
this is like 'horror' movie to me...
i cried watching it. because just like O'Grady always said (yeah just said, not done it!), "this should have not happened". to anybody. in this world. ;( -
MCT:January 1, 2008
I used to think the best documentary ever made was Morgan Spurlock's eye-opening expose 'Super Size Me', investigating the rampant obesity in America resulting in too much fast food. That is until I saw Amy Berg's masterful 'Deliver Us From Evil'. 'Deliver Us From Evil' besides from being the best documentary I've ever seen, is also one of the most important. 'Deliver Us From Evil' is powerful, heart-wrenching, riveting and extremely difficult to watch, but it's emotionally rewarding in the end. The extremely controversial documentary exposes pedophilia and sexual abuse of little children in the hands of Catholic clergy members, namely Father Oliver O'Grady. The film does this by interviews with different priests, bishops and Cardinals of the Catholic church involved with O'Grady, interviews with the victims and families of the victims of O'Grady, and most surprisingly a willing and cooperative series of interviews with O'Grady himself. O'Grady, now an older man living free in Ireland, admits to molesting these children, admits what he did was wrong but says he "just couldn't help himself." Most surprisingly, 'Deliver Us From Evil' doesn't go out of it's way to paint O'Grady as a twisted monster, but actually to show almost a shred of sympathy towards him. But after seeing the shockingly tragic and tear-inducing interviews of the victims and their families, it's hard to feel much sympathy for O'Grady and the high-ranking members of his parish that went out of their way to cover the incident up, by just sending O'Grady to another parish somewhere else. That's great, solve the problem by sending him somewhere else so he can meet more impressionable young kids to take advantage of.
Besides making you extremely sad, 'Deliver Us From Evil' will no doubt make you angry at the Catholic Church for not doing anything to solve this problem. Calling it a problem isn't right, because it's so much more than that. It's a disgusting and blatant betrayal of trust. Perhaps the most terrifying sequence of 'Deliver Us From Evil' happens towards the beginning of the film, during an interview with O'Grady himself. He is talking about what stimulates him and his explanation goes something like this -- "People ask if I'm aroused by a man. I say no. People ask if I'm aroused by a woman. I say no. People ask if I'm aroused by a child. I say yeah, maybe. People ask if I'm aroused by a child in a bathing suit. I say probably. People ask if I'm aroused by a child naked. I say, you betcha." If that doesn't turn your stomach, I don't know what will. My only complaint with 'Deliver Us From Evil' is it's oddly-structured in some parts. All in all, I highly recommend this film to everyone regardless of if they can handle it or not. It's just one of those films that needs to be seen. Grade: A- -
MCT:December 13, 2007
just like watching Oprah.. seeing O'grady on trial admitted his crime 'n how Catholic church protecting him (but not help him to change)...
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MCT:December 1, 2007
This is an extreamly confronting, highly emotional and a must see documentary. Although a little slow, it is riviting and incredibly powerful. It will certainly open your eyes.
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MCT:November 2, 2007
I was heartbroken and angry after hearing the betrayals of these real victims from the Catholic church. I was born and raised Catholic but I will never associate myself with the church again afer seeing this movie.
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MCT:September 10, 2007One of the most terrifying films I'll ever see. It's hard to say which is more disturbing; Father O'Grady nonchalantly describing his sexual encounters with children, or the bishops sitting uncomfortably on the witness stand, lying about their ignorance of certain events.
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MCT:August 29, 2007
A documentary that may really make you re-consider trusting your local preist with children. The man in question, Father Ogrady was caught melesting children within his parish, and his only punishment was being sent 50 miles down the road to a different parish. This went on for almsot 15 years. It showed us that pedophelia wasnt a big deal in the eyes of the church. Disturbing but really opens your mind to a world you would of never ventured into. Creepy but good.
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MCT:August 20, 2007
This is a great film. The interviews with OGrady himself are disturbing and explicit and the movie shows the corruption and filth that has taken over the Catholic Church. Not for the faint of heart, but definitly worth the watch.
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MCT:August 1, 2007
When people ask me what's wrong with organized religion and blind faith, included near the top of my list, I will instruct them to go see this film. This only cements my belief that, among other things, the catholic church is like a corporation concerned only with their bottom line.
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MCT:July 17, 2007
Very well put-together documentary that made me cry a few times. Scary subject matter, and hopefully it gets something done with the issue.
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MCT:July 14, 2007
This is a very, very powerful and unsettling documentary about the molestation of children by Catholic clergy, focusing mainly on Oliver O'Grady, who throughout his tenure as a priest molested and raped dozens of children by gaining the trust of their families and then betraying it in the worst possible way, and how the Catholic church refused to take any disciplinary action against him or attempt to tackle his problem, instead moving him from parish to parish, thus allowing him to continue ruining the lives of several families. The documentary is extremely well made, and it was most effective because it focuses primarily on O'Grady and his victims for most of the running time, instead of being too ambitious and trying to tackle the larger issue the entire time. It does take on the larger issue by association, though, and directly in the last quarter of the film. It show the immense courage of the victims, and of certain members of the church like Thomas Doyle to attempt to tackle the issue, which has been covered up and ignored for so long, by people as high as the Pope. This an eye-opening, powerful, must-see documentary for everyone, including catholics.
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MCT:July 13, 2007
100 of the most gut-wrenching minutes I have ever sat through. Very well done, but completely unsettling.
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MCT:June 27, 2007
Deliver Us From Evil is an interesting documentary. Thomas Doyle is so motivating and noble. I felt it tried to justify O'Gradys abuse through his past.
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