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Sunday, October 24, 2010

Child sexual abuse by Catholic priests in the United States. In "Hand of God."

In recent decades, more than 10,000 children were reportedly sexually abused by Catholic priests in the United States. In "Hand of God," filmmaker Joe Cultrera explores just one of those cases, that of his own brother Paul.

Paul Cultrera was molested in the 1960s by Father Joseph Birmingham, who allegedly abused nearly 100 other children. "Hand of God" tells the story of faith betrayed, and how Paul and the rest of the Cultrera family fought back against a scandal that continues to afflict scores of churches across the country.




for the rest of the PBS Frontline episode, visit Frontline - The Hand of God.

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1 comment:

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