Documentary about Sudbury survivor of clerical sexual abuse wins award

SUDBURY (CANADA)
Sudbury Star

May 7, 2019

By Katie Jacobs

A Windsor-based documentary about a survivor’s personal and legal journey exposing his abuse by a Catholic priest received two awards last weekend.

The film Prey focuses on Rod MacLeod — a survivor from sexual abuse by Rev. William Hodgson Marshall — and his quest for justice as he and his lawyer Rob Talach took on the Catholic church in court.

MacLeod was a student at St. Charles College when Marshall, who was teaching there at the time, abused him.

The documentary is a TVO production made by Windsor-born Matt Gallagher, who also reached out to other survivors. This included Patrick McMahon, a Windsor resident who was the first to file a complaint against Marshall.

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