Holy Watergate

Wow....what a powerful movie. When the whole scandal about Catholic priests abusing boys in the church broke out a few years back I remember feeling really shocked by it. It just didn't make sense to me for these "holy" men to do such an unthinkable things. I thought this documentary was really powerful in the sense that it did not just show one side of the story, but it unmasked the scandal that has been going on for almost 2 decades from the victims as well as the abusers. This film did not only interview one or two victims, but 5 of them to create a stronger unified voice from the victim's point of view. It was heart breaking to hear each of the victim's explain their side of the story, and have them re-tell the torture they went through at such a young age. The film also made me extremely mad that higher ranking priests, such as cardinals, knew about the abuse that was going on, but still let the priests who were predators travel around to different parishes. I felt sick to my stomache when the priest (I forget his name) who admitted to abusing a few young boys explained the things he did. He brought the boys to his cabin, offered them alcohol, and then preyed on them. Overall, this was a great and very emotional movie. I'm happy that some of the predator priests were punished for their actions, and the victims got a sense of justice.