Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence In The House Of God Reviews
Alec B
Super Reviewer
February 20, 2013
I understand that documentaries surrounding this subject may seem like well worn territory, but honestly until the Catholic Church really starts to own up to what its done (and I promise you it has not) lets keep making these. I'm glad that Gibney address the fact that the pedophile Priests were aided and abetted by not just the Church leadership, but also by a public who refused to believe these allegations.
February 19, 2013
Mea Maxima Culpa is both horrifyingly distrubing and distressing. It is alarmingly creepy and upsettingly menacing. It is just as ominous and frightening as all good horror films should be ... only this one is not a fictitious monster/killer/slasher/predator flick. It is a documentary on the sad, troubling state of the Roman Catholic church following decades -- DECADES!!!! -- of cover-ups regarding childhood sexual abuse committed at/by the hands of ordained priests within the church worldwide. That the crimes were hushed-up and hidden are outrageous in-and-of-itself but by showing how high within the church/organization this scandal reaches should be obliterating. Informative but highly revolting -- it may bring upon nausea. Centering mostly upon a school for the deaf in Wisconsin and a lone priest who had his way with numerous young boys in the 1960's, MMC examines the extent of the cover-up and the devastating effects it and these heinous crimes had on various individuals who could not hear or seek outside help as their lone translator was oftentimes the very man guilty of molesting them in the first place. MMC also chronicles the churches loss-of-influence in Ireland after it also suffered from a scandalous plague of child abuse and an Irish population who wasn't as apt to forgive as many were in the states. The film is eye-opening and chilling. That Pope Benedict is complicit in much of the cover-ups makes one wonder if his resignation had anything to do with this timely release.
September 26, 2013
Shocking as hell, this documentary doesn't lack from anything and offers the audience a whole new spectacular experience by motivating most of it. Best 2013 documentary yet.
September 13, 2013
It's hard to view the RCC as anything other than a criminal organisation. The cover up went right to the top of the church.
Absolutely stunning. It's amazing how long this has been going on. The RCC set up it's own spiritually based treatment centres for paedophile priests in the 1940's, the first rules aimed at covering up abuse dates to 1866, the first mention of priests sexually abusing children dates from the 4th century.
It's hard to view the RCC as anything other than a criminal organisation. The cover up went right to the top of the church.
September 14, 2012
Another great doc from the Oscar-winning director of "Taxi to the Dark Side" and "Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room". This one will gather a lot of your outrage.
July 7, 2013
....der Film zu Ratze's Rücktritt? Fand er deshalb Verleiher? Unglaublich wie so vieles was durch Rom gedeckelt wird.
June 30, 2013
It is a well told documentary. Heartbreakingly blunt in its frankness and chills you to the bone.
disturbing and excellent documentary telling the story of the systematic abuse of young deaf boys in a catholic school in Wisconsin and uncovering the wealth of lies and secrecy in the catholic church.
It is a well told documentary. Heartbreakingly blunt in its frankness and chills you to the bone.
February 14, 2013
It lacks cinematic clout, but Mea Maxima Culpa really opens your eyes, and will inspire anger in most.
May 9, 2013
The perfect image of the catholic church is becoming harder and harder to maintain
April 30, 2013
A hard-hitting documentary about four deaf men who were molested by the same priest as children. The silenced demand to be heard, and be ready because their for voice is loud and powerful!
April 3, 2013
Powerful and compelling, this is not a film to enjoy but one to be educated by, Gibney's film inspires an inherent sense of rage and shows that at the vein of everything, money, power and heinous people are always to be found. It is a film many will not watch but it's one we all should!
