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	Uproar As School Footage Used in Film on Paedophile Children Can Be Identified in Footage Used for Film about Convicted Paedophile Priest By Shane Hickey and John Walshe Irish Independent October 13, 2006 http://www.unison.ie/irish_independent/stories.php3?ca=9&si=1705276&issue_id=14759 An American film-maker has sparked outrage after footage of young children from a Dublin primary school was used in a film about the notorious paedophile ex-priest Oliver O'Grady. The trailer for 'Deliver us from Evil', which is widely available on the internet, clearly identifies children dressed in their blue uniforms from the Dublin primary school. Yesterday, it emerged that the school had originally granted permission for footage from the school to be used for a documentary on multiculturalism. When the school was approached subsequently for permission to use the footage for the film about O'Grady, management refused outright. The school was identified on the internet by the Irish Independent as a co-educational disadvantaged school with 234 female and 85 male pupils. In the documentary, Mr O'Grady describes how he abused young boys and girls across central California for more than 20 years. In the trailer for the film, by director Amy Berg, the former priest is filmed saying he feels aroused when around naked and semi-naked children, while walking near a playground. "Do you feel aroused when you see children in underwear? I say yeah. How about children who are naked? Yeah," he says. A number of cuts from the trailer are filmed in the school, including one of a boy clearly identified by his name-badge and another of a young boy against the school wall. A member of the film crew said on RTE yesterday that no permission was given or sought to use pictures of the children. "They (the school) knew it was a documentary (on multiculturalism) and we weren't going to identify the school, we weren't going to identify the place." said Nick McCarthy. The school had "categorically refused" permission to the film-makers to use the footage after allowing for it to be taken for a "genuine attempt to support the issue of multiculturalism". The school learned yesterday that the 2004 footage had been included. "The school in question is devastated by the use of material that was obtained under false pretences and is being used against the expressed wishes of the school," said Mr Carr. It is understood that O'Grady, who spent seven years in a US prison, is living somewhere in Ireland but his movements are not tracked as he has not committed an offence here.
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