Odelecol Pretty good movie overall. First half was nothing special but it got better as it went along.

Whitech It is not only a funny movie, but it allows a great amount of joy for anyone who watches it.

Bessie Smyth Great story, amazing characters, superb action, enthralling cinematography. Yes, this is something I am glad I spent money on.

Anoushka Slater While it doesn't offer any answers, it both thrills and makes you think.

gavin6942 Documentary about Father Oliver O'Grady, a Catholic priest who was relocated to various parishes around the United States during the 1970s in an attempt by the Catholic Church to cover up his rape of dozens of children.Whether or not this documentary is objective is something I will not concern myself with. Typically, I think a documentary works best if it does not take a stand and lets the facts speak for themselves. However, in this case, it is hard to see a way to be neutral on child abuse -- we might be able to rationalize it by saying Father O'Grady is mentally ill, but we would never find his actions acceptable.There are two levels of wrong here. First, the direct wrong: O'Grady and the children. He ruined dozens of families, and these are wrongs that can never be made right. And whether he was a priest or not, we would find him to be an evil man. And yet, he served less than ten years in prison for the abuse (he did later return to prison for child pornography). How can this happen? But the deeper wrong is the cover-up. If O'Grady had abused one child and the matter was dealt with appropriately, it would not be the major story it is. Instead, he was moved to another parish and abused again. And then moved and abused again... and again... and while the bishop may not be criminally liable, the actions of O'Grady's superiors are in some ways just as much responsible for the crimes as the man himself. And while they may be covering their own butts for political reasons (to be promoted), it does the Church as a whole no good when the truth gets out.This is a story of the evils of abuse -- both child abuse and the abuse of power. And it is also a look at the Catholic Church and how it may be destroying itself, not through its beliefs, but through its inaction.

jody-ann Deliver Us from Evil recounts the life of former Catholic priest Oliver O'Grady as a serial child molester in Northern California from 1973 until his conviction in 1993. During this period, O'Grady sexually abused twenty five children while prominent leaders of the church failed to ensure basic legal protections for the victims despite knowledge of the abuse.The emotions in this grim documentary are raw and real. Director Amy Berg uses on camera interviews with the now exiled O'Grady and several of his victims to present a compelling moral indictment against the Roman Catholic Church for their blind engagement and silencing of decades of sexual abuse.The sobering stories of the victims give us a full grasp of the psychological ramifications of childhood sexual abuse, the stunted emotional growth, and the persistent pain and shame that clings throughout the entirety of a victims life. O'Grady's appearances, being equally poignant, provide an intimate glimpse into a child molester's psyche. However, his candor and seemingly cavalier attitude towards the casualties of his heinous acts, is difficult to grasp. The former priest appears unmoved by his wrongdoings and does not express genuine remorse nor shy away from discussing his lewd, pedophillic urges.Towards the end of the film we learn that O'Grady himself had been abused as a child by a member of the clergy and his older brother. With this revelation, it becomes clearer why O'Grady is the monster that he is.

murray_johnc In a terrible way, that monster Oliver O'Grady has rendered a service to the human race. He and others like him have set off deafening alarm bells. He illustrates the moral insanity of someone in a position of trust who is governed by his hormones and not his religious precepts. O'Grady has called into question not only the "infallibility" of the church hierarchy all the way to the top, but has left the seeds of profound doubt as to the power of prayer to protect the vulnerable from evil. People who attack the Catholic Church from the outside usually only succeed in stiffening the resolve of its followers to continue with renewed faith. It's the hypocrites and dogmatists within the church who inflict the mortal damage that may eventually consign it to the scrap book of history. Any religion or spiritual institution worthy of preservation must contain its own safety mechanism built within its very precepts. I recall, following a recent sex scandal in the media, a televised town hall meeting in which a conceited and arrogant Catholic lobbyist harangued the audience (mostly Catholics) with her usual spiel, "no salvation outside the church", "sexual abuse is far more prevalent outside of the church", "no place for women in the priesthood", etc, etc. When asked what was the problem the church had with women priests she smugly retorted: "according to the bible, how many women disciples did Christ have?". I felt like responding "best evidence suggests Jesus died on the cross before he was 30 and his disciples were also in their 20's, how come the median age of a new pope in recent times is 63 years?" - but I abstained from commenting. As the audience became increasingly restive and annoyed by her delivery, I became increasingly content; "keep up the good work ma'am, you're message is accelerating the church's eventual demise; a reformed Catholic Church might have struggled on for another 1000 years.

mekjd This documentary captures a pederast in all his narcissistic glory (and with all of his inability to sense what is going on with others). For that alone, it would be a valuable work. The documentary purports to present a photo essay concerning the shortcomings of Catholic leadership. While some of this is regrettably true, other points presented -- for example, the notion that clergy are more important than non-clergy -- are distortions at best. To that end, the piece falls short and could easily become another exercise in Catholic bashing.The stories of the families are compelling and the injuries incurred heartbreaking. In this regard, the movie did not delve deeply enough. It is not enough to show anger and tears or hint at why a family might be ripe for abuse. More needs to be done here.Some commentary was just plain stupid. For example, it was suggested that because celibacy is required of clergy, that the view is that sex is bad, and that child sexual abuse is just another form of sex that is bad, equivalent to any other form of bad sex, that is to say, all sex. The invitation to join this spiral of nonsense needs to be declined.Notwithstanding the criticisms above, the film is an important contribution to bringing the problems of child sexual abuse to light, and for that, the film's makers and participants need to be applauded.