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	Film on O'Grady's Abuse Nominated for Oscar Stockton Record [California] January 24, 2007 http://www.recordnet.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070124/A_NEWS/70124022 A film documenting sexual abuse against children by a priest who once worked at parishes in Stockton, Lodi, Turlock and San Andreas has been nominated for an Oscar in the category of documentary feature. "Deliver Us From Evil" chronicles the scandal involving Oliver O'Grady, convicted and sent to prison in 1993 for molesting two children. The film delves into the mind of the defrocked priest through interviews with O'Grady in his native Ireland. The film was nominated for an Oscar along with four other documentaries, including "An Inconvenient Truth," in which former Vice President Al Gore explores the consequences of global warming. The Oscars will be awarded during the Feb. 25 awards show. "Deliver Us From Evil" was the first Oscar nomination for film makers Amy Berg and Frank Donner. They won Best Documentary Feature last year at the Los Angeles Film Festival. In addition to chronicling O'Grady's history of abusing children, the documentary also levels a strong indictment against the Catholic Church hierarchy, claiming it failed to respond adequately to claims of abuse by O'Grady's victims. O'Grady was deported to Ireland upon his 2000 release from Ione's Mule Creek State Prison. Two of O'Grady's young victim's won a $7.5 million judgment from the diocese. Last month, two more people alleging abuse by O'Grady filed lawsuits.
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