fiction.wikisort.org - MovieHand of God is a 2006 independent documentary that was acquired for national airing in the United States by Frontline. The film was directed and edited by Joe Cultrera and tells the story of how his brother Paul was molested in the 1960s by their parish priest, Father Joseph Birmingham, who allegedly abused nearly 100 other children. Cultrera tells the story of faith betrayed and how his brother Paul and the rest of the Cultrera family fought back against a scandal that continues to afflict churches across the country.
2006 American film
Hand of God |
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Directed by | Joe Cultrera |
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Edited by | Joe Cultrera |
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Country | United States |
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Language | English |
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Background
The Cultrera brothers were raised in an Italian-Catholic family in Salem, Massachusetts, and attended Catholic school from kindergarten through high school. From an early age they were immersed in the beliefs and teachings of the Catholic Church.
At 14, Paul, an altar boy at St. James Parish, came under the guidance of Fr. Birmingham. Birmingham was young and friendly, often taking the boys on trips and inviting them to the rectory for Friday and Saturday night pizza parties. It was during confession that Paul's relationship with Birmingham changed. Confessing to masturbation led to private "counseling" sessions at the rectory, where Paul was sexually abused. Birmingham also abused him during nighttime rides in Birmingham's black Ford Galaxie and on trips out of town.
Paul kept this secret for nearly 30 years, until he decided to finally confront the Church and launch his own investigation into whether the Archdiocese of Boston had covered up allegations against Birmingham, moving him from parish to parish and placing more children in danger.
Paul began to place advertisements in the newspapers of the various towns where Birmingham had been posted, asking the simple question, "Do You Remember Father Birmingham?" The responses he received were an indication that he was certainly not Birmingham's only victim.[1]
See also
- Roman Catholic sex abuse cases
- Roman Catholic priests accused of sex offenses
- Crimen sollicitationis
- Pontifical Secret
- Sex Crimes and the Vatican (Panorama Documentary Episode)
- Deliver Us from Evil (2006 film)
- Twist of Faith
- Barbara Blaine
- Survivors Network for those Abused by Priests
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External links
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- Belgium
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- Germany
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- Italy
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By religious institute |
- English Benedictine Congregation
- Brothers Hospitallers of Saint John of God
- Christian Brothers
- Legion of Christ
- Salesian order
- Sisters of Mercy
- Society of Jesus
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By clerics | Cardinals |
- Hans Hermann Groër (1998)
- Stanisław Dziwisz (1998)
- Bernard Francis Law (2002)
- Angelo Sodano (2010)
- Keith O'Brien (2015)
- Edward Egan (2018)
- Theodore McCarrick (2019)
- Ricardo Ezzati (2019)
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Bishops |
- Joseph Keith Symons (1998)
- Anthony O'Connell (2002)
- John Charles McQuaid (2009)
- Georg Müller (2009)
- Raymond Lahey (2012)
- Józef Wesołowski (2013)
- Marco Órdenes Fernández (2018)
- Francisco José Cox (2018)
- Gonzalo Duarte García de Cortázar (2018)
- Cristián Caro Cordero (2018)
- Franco Mulakkal (2018)
- Juan Barros Madrid (2018)
- Philip Wilson (2018)
- Edward Joseph Adams (2019)
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Priests |
- Category:Catholic priests convicted of sexual abuse
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Responses | Catholic Church | Holy See |
- Roman Curia
- Crimen sollicitationis (1962)
- The Role of the Church in the Causation, Treatment and Prevention of the Crisis in the Priesthood (1971)
- Instruction Concerning the Criteria for the Discernment of Vocations (2005)
- Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors (2014)
- Vatican sexual abuse summit (2019)
- Vos estis lux mundi [2019]
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US Conference of Catholic Bishops |
- Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People (2002)
- John Jay Report (2004)
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Other |
- Settlements and bankruptcies (since 1994)
- Virtus (1998)
- Hussey Commission (2002)
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See also |
- Parish transfers of abusive Catholic priests (c. 1956–2011)
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Governments |
- Hughes Inquiry
- Ferns Report
- Ryan Commission
- McCoy Report
- McCullough Report
- Murphy Report
- Pennsylvania Grand Jury Report
- Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse
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Activists |
- Duplessis Orphans
- Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests
- Voice of the Faithful
- Barbara Blaine
- David Clohessy
- Richard Sipe
- Phil Saviano
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Pre-modern |
- Liber Gomorrhianus
- Katharina von Zimmern
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- Debate on the causes of clerical child abuse
- Media coverage of Catholic sexual abuse cases
- Clericalism
- Homosexual clergy in the Catholic Church
- Anti-Catholicism
- Criticism of the Catholic Church
- In literature and media
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