Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God
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| Directed by | Alex Gibney |
| Produced by | Alex Gibney Alexandra Johnes Kristen Vaurio Jedd Wider Todd Wider |
| Written by | Alex Gibney |
| Narrated by | Alex Gibney |
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Ivor Guest Robert Logan |
| Cinematography | Lisa Rinzler |
| Edited by | Sloane Klevin |
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Jigsaw Productions
Wider Film Projects Below The Radar Entertainment |
| Distributed by | HBO Films |
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107 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God is a 2012 documentary film directed by Alex Gibney. The film details the first known protest against clerical sex abuse in the United States by four deaf men. It features the voices of actors Jamey Sheridan, Chris Cooper, Ethan Hawke and John Slattery, who provide the vocal translation of the deaf interviewees.
The title is derived from the Latin phrase "mea maxima culpa". It is taken from the Confiteor that is part of the Roman Catholic Mass. It translates into English as "Through my most grievous fault".
The film follows documentary filmmaker Alex Gibney as he examines the abuse of power in the Catholic Church system through the story of four deaf men — Terry Kohut, Gary Smith, Pat Kuehn and Arthur Budzinski — who set out to expose the priest who abused them during the mid-1960s at St. John's School for the Deaf. Each of the men brought forth the first known case of public protest against clerical sex abuse, which later led to the sex scandal case known as the Lawrence Murphy case. Through their case the film follows a cover-up that winds its way from the row houses of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, through Ireland's churches, all the way to the highest office of the Vatican.
The film premiered on September 9, 2012 at the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival. It later opened in limited release on November 16, 2012, and premiered worldwide on HBO on February 4, 2013.
The film received positive feedback from critics. Review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes gives the film a score of 98% based on reviews from 42 critics, with a rating average of 7.8 out of 10.Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, reports the film with a score of 73 based on 16 reviews.
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