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Berlinale Film 'By The Grace Of God' Breaks Silence Over Church Child Sex Abuse

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According to a report by Reuters, French director Francois Ozon described the struggle he faced in breaking the silence surrounding pedophile abuse scandals in the Catholic Church when making his film "By The Grace Of God," about three victims who faced down the hierarchy. Recent revelations of decades of abuse suffered by children at the hands of the priests to whose care they were entrusted have sent shockwaves through the Catholic Church globally. Ozon reportedly spoke about how he had hesitated even to seek financial backers in “ultra-Catholic” Lyon, the city in which priest Bernard Preynat allegedly groomed and abused young boys, even as successive cardinal archbishops allegedly turned a blind eye.

Added on the 09/02/2019 12:32:58 - Copyright : Wochit

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