was talking to a friend about documentaries and which i thought was the best. on nature, it would be planet earth by bbc. every scene was absolutely breath taking! you can't help but ooh and aah at all the animals that you probably never seen before and the flawless filming. but the best, most eye opening, dramatic, powerful, heart wrenching documentary i've ever seen, is 'deliver us from evil' directed by amy berg. i have never cried that much before watching a documentary. or any other movie. 'deliver us from evil' is about paedophile priests, mainly the history of father o'grady, and his abuse victims. no narrations in this film. just interviews with father o'grady, his victims and members of the vatican, several lawyers. which i thought, was really important, coz it's not biased. nothing about religion, no anti-catholic remarks. everything was based on true accounts, fact and evidence. father o'grady molested and raped dozens of children during his 20 years as a priest. the church protected him, covered up for him and moved him from parish to parish everytime he was found doing the dirty deed, set free on fresh, unsuspecting victims each time they moved him. families with children all under his care, never informed of his dark and sick history. his youngest victim was a 9 month old baby. he only served 7 years in jail. and is now living comfortably in ireland. with no one to report to, under nobody's supervision. as he recalls what he did, and says, quote "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.", father o'grady tells his story without a shred or remorse. >_< it angers you because it's not a fictional character, he is a real full blown paedophile, leaving a trail of very very disturbed, angry, psychologically damaged children during his 20 years of priesthood, and at this moment, he is probably sipping tea in a cafe somewhere in ireland. the chilling recollection of the victims is mind numbing. probably the most heart felt scene is the one with jyono's father, when he breaks down with anguish and feelings i don't think any of us who haven't gone through what their families went through, can even begin to comprehend. all that, captured on film in this documentary. i shall not say too much about it. i think i actually said quite a lot already didn't even realised. after no need to watch hor. go watch it. i just skimmed the surface. it's extremely informative and will leave you thinking about jyono and the other victims many days after.
i never really fancied duffy's mercy i dunno why. but i love her song stepping stone.  |