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Deliver Us From Evil

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Filmmaker Amy Berg documents the case of convicted pedophile Oliver Grady who, as a priest in northern California, molested the children of his parishioners, apparently with the knowledge of his superiors in the diocese. Berg tracks down O'Grady in Ireland, where he lives free under church protection, and allows him to give his own account of his crimes.

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Deliver Us From Evil is a superb documentary and a searing look at an institution protecting its leaders at the expense of its followers. A profoundly disturbing chronicle of a wolf in sheep's clothing, the film builds a clear-eyed case against pedophile priest Oliver O'Grady, and the Catholic bureaucracy that protected him. The recollections of O'Grady's victims are nothing short of shocking and heartbreaking.

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Sandra Hall Sydney Morning Herald 05/18/2007
4/5
The polemical is never as powerful as the personal and O'Grady's part of the story illuminates the whole with nauseating clarity. Go to Full Review Bill Muller Arizona Republic 12/15/2006
4/5
Deliver Us Evil is more terrifying than any horror movie, because it's about something that really happened. Go to Full Review Moira MacDonald Seattle Times 11/10/2006
3.5/4
Watching Amy Berg's powerful documentary Deliver Us from Evil is a wrenching experience; her subjects reveal to the camera almost unbearable levels of anguish, and its audience walks away feeling both numbness and rage. Go to Full Review Peter Keough Boston Phoenix 04/23/2009
3.5/4
The film is painful viewing, in large part because director Amy Berg relates the facts and depicts the victims and the culprits with detached gravity. Go to Full Review Jonathan Kiefer Sacramento News & Review 08/07/2008
4/5
Berg's intuitively right ratio of personal and analytical material, her implied belief in transcendence of horrific demoralization, shows a truly progressive vision. Go to Full Review Robert Roten Laramie Movie Scope 07/26/2007
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This is a powerful film that will horrify you and make you angry, if you dare to see it. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Fong Kok Hoong F @RT29722865 05/21/2020 This rough-hewn but well-meaning Oscar nominee for Best Documentary Feature uncloaking the penumbra of clergy sexual and spiritual abuse of children in the Catholic Church is utterly disconcerting and exasperatedly aggravating as the conceitedness of the vile pedophile former priest Oliver O'Grady in his alleged confessions. See more a.l.jude p @judebd 08/09/2019 Universal appeal must be paid ! See more 08/06/2019 Phenomenal exposé on the insidiousness of the Catholic Church specifically, and a broader indictment of the institution of religion. See more delysid d @RT67044741 03/06/2019 these priests shouldnt be priests. they should be in jail See more 11/26/2018 A cut and dry case against the church and its priests re pedophilia. The part that bothers me the most is how strongly the church advocates against gay people and gay relationships but are ok with priests molesting young boys. This is a pressing issue and as long as it continues, a spotlight should be cast upon it. Why would it stop though? None of the priests are held accountable for their actions. See more 02/26/2018 Makes me wonder just how far reaching and how many people have had to have been in full co-operation to these abuses. And their responses then are the same as they were to our royal commission (Australia)..."We don't care. We aren't changing" A simply made and shot documentary whose contents speak for themselves. See more Read all reviews
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Amy Berg

Director

Nancy Sloan

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Roger Mahony

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John Manly

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Amy Berg

Writer

Ray Baldwin

Executive Producer

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Synopsis Filmmaker Amy Berg documents the case of convicted pedophile Oliver Grady who, as a priest in northern California, molested the children of his parishioners, apparently with the knowledge of his superiors in the diocese. Berg tracks down O'Grady in Ireland, where he lives free under church protection, and allows him to give his own account of his crimes.
Director
Amy Berg
Producer
Amy Berg, Hermas Lassalle, Frank Donner
Screenwriter
Amy Berg
Distributor
Lionsgate Films
Production Co
Disarming Films
Genre
Documentary, Crime, Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Oct 13, 2006, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Dec 1, 2008
Box Office (Gross USA)
$196.6K
Runtime
1h 43m
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