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$ 17 Million

Deliver Us from Evil is a 2006 English-language Documentary Crime motion picture written and directed by Amy J. Berg and produced by Amy J. Berg, Matthew Cooke, Frank Donner and Hermass Lassalle under the banner of Disarming Films. Former Catholic priest Oliver O'Grady - Father Ollie in familiar circumstances - talks about his life as priest, including what he saw as his many failings in that role. Although not stating it as one of those failings, he also speaks about the sexual abuse of minors, both girls and boys, in his role as a priest, where his victims number in the hundreds covering approximately two decades in Central California, with his youngest known victim being nine months old. He admits that he spent as much time planning his abuses, which included gaining the confidences of parents sometimes also in sexual means, than he did with actual ministering. A handful of his victims and their support networks speak of how the abuse was able to happen, how it has negatively affected their collective lives to this day (while Father Ollie walks mingly happy a free man in his native Ireland), and how they are trying to regain their faith in a holistic manner. Experts talk about how items specific to the Catholic religious structure institutionalize such abuse where power rests in the hands of a small few, while the flock - the masses - are meant, as good Catholics, to be subservient to that power, and why the abuse of girls is treated differently by the church than that of boys. This documentary then opens up the discussion to the fact that clergy abuse within the Catholic church is not isolated only to Father Ollie, but is widespread, may be institutionalized psychologically, and efforts are still made at almost every step by those in positions of power, including the Pope, to protect the abusers at the expense of the victims. In Father Ollie's case, he was moved from parish to parish within his diocese (the Los Angeles Diocese) and often promoted, while his victims were told he would be moved not only into therapy but into positions where children could no longer be abused. Written by Huggo. Deliver us from evil features Thomas P. Doyle in the title role along with an ensemble cast including Ann Marie Jyono, Mr And Mrs Bob Jyono, Adam And Becky M, Nancy Sloan, Oliver O'grady and Dr. Mary Gail Frawley-o'dea. The music was composed by Joseph Arthur along with Mick Harvey. Cinematography was done by Jacob Kusk and Jens Schlosser and editing by Matthew Cooke. The motion picture has a running time of 101 minutes. It was released on 22nd February 2007 and it received positive reviews from critics when it was released. Deliver Us from Evil was made on a budget of $30 million and at the box office it grossed only $17 million. Distribution rights for the movie were acquired by Lionsgate.

Release Date 22 FEB 2007
Run Time 1 HOUR 41 MINUTES
Budget $ 30 MILLION
Language

English

Genre

Documentary , Crime

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