Video Reports on the Catholic Abuse Crisis

Rev. David Holley and the Diocese of Worcester
New England Cable News
1994
View [2:28]
[about Phil Saviano, Rev. David Holley, and the transfer of Holley to Texas]

Priests Controversy
By David Wade
Fox 25
1998
View [3:10]
[about David Lewcon, Phil Saviano, Rev. Thomas Teczar, and Rev. David Holley]

The Geoghan Papers
By Joe Bergantino
WBZ 4
January 2002
View [3:13]
[documents that show Cardinal Medeiros' and Cardinal Law's involvement in Geoghan case]

The Geoghan Papers
By David Boeri
WCVB 5
January 24, 2002
View [3:00]
[about the release of Geoghan's personnel file and Cardinal Bernard Law's
reaction to the documents]

Catholic Sex Scandal in Boston
Reuters
March 2002
View [4:54]
[about Mark Serrano, Phil Saviano, Cardinal Bernard Law, Rev. James Hanley, and
Rev. David Holley]

A Year of Scandal: 2002 in Video
Boston Globe
January 2003
View [13 brief videos, total 55:33]
[1. Patrick McSorley [Geoghan survivor 4:30]; 2. Maryetta Dussourd (mother of Geoghan survivor 5:45 and 4:15); 3. Gary Bergeron [Birmingham survivor 6:25 and 4:21]; 4. Ann Hagan Webb [DeAngelis survivor 4:51]; 5. William Oberle [Mahan survivor 5:03]; 6. Rev. Robert W. Bullock [pastor 4:08]; 7. Mitchell Garabedian [attorney 3:57]; 8. Lay Catholic Group [interviews in July 2003 with Svea Fraser and Paul Baier of VOTF, Barbara Blaine of SNAP, and others 3:02]; 9. Martha Coakley [then Middlesex County prosecutor 2:29]; 10. Financial Accountability [interviews with Bullock and Garabedian 3:10]; 11. Cardinal Bernard Law [clips of Law and interview with Bullock 3:37]

Vatican Secrets: Church Document Ordered Silence on Sex Abuse
Interview of Phil Saviano by Anderson Cooper
CNN
August 2003
View [5:17]
[about the 1962 Vatican document Crimen Sollicitationis]

It's Terrible What You've Done to All of Us:
A Discussion with James Hanley
By Patrick Kelly, Lou Serrano, Pat Serrano, Mark Serrano, Donna Skettini, Ray Skettini, and others
WCBS-TV
January 30, 2006
View [9:40] with transcript

Frontline: Hand of God
A Film by Joe Cultrera
Zingerplatz Pictures
January 16, 2007
View [90 minutes total]
[Joe Cultrera's fim about his brother Paul and their family—the Italian parish in Salem where they grew up, Paul's sexual abuse by Rev. Joseph E. Birmingham in 1964, the finding of other victims in 1992 and the first confrontation with the Boston archdiocese, and Paul's going public in 2002]

• Links and documents

Workshop on Abuse Committed by Rev. Charles Sylvestre
CBC News
January 31, 2007
View [1:12] Spanish with subtitles
[about Tammie McKay, survivor of sexual abuse by Rev. Charles Sylvestre, and her presentation at a workshop organized by the Diocese of London, Ontario]

• Priests Hear from Abuse Victims, by Jane Sims, London Free Press (February 1, 2007)

• Priests Hear from Victims about Clergyman's Abuse, CBC News (February 1, 2007) [with other links]

Priest-Manager of Colombian Boys' Shelter Confesses
El Pais
May 2006
View [:39] Spanish with subtitles
[about Rev. Victor Blanco, former manager of Mi Casa, a boys' shelter in Cali; Blanco was later convicted of abuse]

Sex Crimes and the Vatican
By Colm O'Gorman
BBC, Panorama
October 1, 2006
View [45 minutes]    Transcript
[about Crimen Sollicitationis; survivors Colm O'Gorman, Aden Doyle, and Rick Rivezzo; accused priests Oliver O'Grady, Sean Fortune, Tarcísio Sprícigo, and Joseph Henn; experts Tom Doyle and Patrick Wall; Bishop Brendan Comisky; Prosecutor Rick Romley]

• Crimen Sollicitationis (1962)

• On Tarcísio Tadeu Sprícigo: Confissões Obscenas, by Alan Rodrigues, Istoé (November 11, 2005); Scandalo in Brasile, by Virginia Piccolillo, Corriere della sera (November 21, 2005); and Scandal of Sexual Abuse by Priests Shocks Brazil's 125 Million Catholics, by Tom Phillips and John Hooper, Guardian (November 26, 2005).

The Geoghan Paper Trail
By Jim Braude
New England Cable News
January 26, 2007
View [4:53]
[interview with Terence McKiernan about Geoghan documents on BishopAccountability.org]

The Good Father
By Hana Gartner
The Fifth Estate
CBC News
February 28, 2007
View  [41:18]
[documentary about Rev. Charles Sylvestre of Ontario, Canada]

[see also CBC's feature page for this documentary, with links to a video interview with victims' attorney Robert Talach, a photo gallery, a timeline, and diocesan documents]

Sins of the Father
By Anderson Cooper
CNN, 360 Degrees
March 19, 2007
1 2 3 4 5 6  [total 47:24]    Transcript
March 20, 2007
1 2  [total 10:27]
[about Thomas Roberts, Michael Goles, and Rev. Jerome F. (Jeff) Toohey, Jr.]

• Supporters Pray for Accused Priest, by Phyllis Brill, Baltimore Sun, March 14, 1994 [this article and its impact is discussed in segment 4]

Settlement in Portland, Oregon
By Tim King
Salem-News.com
April 17, 2007
View [3:47]
[report on the Portland settlement, with statements by Hanley survivor Bill Crane; parishioner committee chair John Rickman; attorneys Michael Morey, David Slater, and Kelly Clark; Bishop John G. Vlazny; and Judge Michael Hogan]

Jurors Discuss Difficulty of Oregon's First
Sex-Abuse Trial against a Priest
By Lynne Terry
The Oregonian
May 17, 2007
View [2:58 total] with transcript
[about documents in the Rev. Michael Sprauer case and the difficulties of the trial]

The Pope and the Abuse Scandal
By Brian Ross
ABC News
April 15, 2008
View [2:38]
[report on Bishop Emeritus Anthony O'Connell and 19 other U.S. bishops accused of sexually abusing minors, with interviews of Michael Wegs, Anne Barrett Doyle, Jason Berry, and Bishop Aymond]

Address to the U.S. Bishops
By Pope Benedict XVI
USCCB Website
April 16, 2008
View [39:03 total] with transcript
[see other videos of the papal visit and other transcripts]

Fallen from Grace
By Megan Terlecky
KGAN CBS 2
May 16, 2008
View [5:00 total] with transcript
[about defrocked Boston priest Frederick J. Ryan's residence in an Iowa community]