Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God

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Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God

2012

1h 47m

Documentary

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Filmmaker Alex Gibney examines reports of pedophilia within the Roman Catholic Church, focusing specifically on a group of men who alleged that they were abused as boys by a priest at a Milwaukee school for the deaf.

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Critics Consensus

Examining the intricacies of global scandal through one haunting case, Mea Maxima Culpa is an impassioned and meticulous exposé on abuses of power and institutional sin.

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Tara Brady

Irish Times

02/26/2013

4/5

It's impossible to leave the cinema without hoping that the Papal resignation and the awful events explored here are not unrelated.

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Xan Brooks

Guardian

02/14/2013

4/5

A kind of unintentional leaving gift for the outgoing Pope Benedict, though it is not one he is likely to relish.

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Robbie Collin

Daily Telegraph (UK)

02/14/2013

4/5

The film shocks you to the marrow, and every frame burns with a righteous fire, itself religious in its intensity.

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Jordan M. Smith

IONCINEMA.com

02/09/2020

Impeccably researched and devastatingly tragic, Gibney's latest is a magnificent deconstruction of organized crime rather than a blatant attack on religion as one might assume a film of this nature could become.

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Mattie Lucas

From the Front Row

08/06/2019

3.5/4

Even in the face of such staggering evil, Gibney finds a story of simple heroism, a light cutting through widespread darkness.

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Simon Weaving

Screenwize

04/23/2013

4/5

a carefully constructed observation of the facts and a withering condemnation of the behaviour of the Catholic Church.

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10/23/2020

this film is kind of interesting because of its cover, but in the end the film is very good.

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11/07/2019

This film offers elucidating information on the priestly sexual abuse scandal in the Catholic church. However, its bold narrative fails to understand the church on many levels, resulting in an inevitable failure to get to the root of the matter.

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bill k

@Koolbill 01/13/2018

Very compelling. The little guys against the "mega-church". Guess who wins?

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06/12/2016

Powerful and Heartbreaking

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06/01/2016

Informative documentary, very interesting. But it could not hold my attention. I thought it was a boring film.

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rosey r

@Rosey26 04/21/2016

HBO is free this weekend. A horror film of reality, Mea Maxima Culpa, should be seen by everyone. Kudos to Alex Gibney for giving 4 deaf men a voice and educating the public about 2000 years of cover-up.

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Synopsis

Filmmaker Alex Gibney examines reports of pedophilia within the Roman Catholic Church, focusing specifically on a group of men who alleged that they were abused as boys by a priest at a Milwaukee school for the deaf.

Director: Alex Gibney
Producer: Nicoletta Billi, Trevor Birney, Alex Gibney, Alexandra Johnes, Ruth O'reilly, Maureen A. Ryan, Kristen Vaurio, Jedd Wider, Todd Wider
Screenwriter: Alex Gibney
Production Co: Wider Film Projects, Jigsaw Prods.
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Oct 9, 2014
Runtime: 1h 47m