Caveat Emptor: Alex Gibney's "documentary" on the clergy sex abuse scandal

Brethren, Peace and Good to all of you.

As always, and just in time for Lent, the abominable sex abuse crisis triggered by fallen clergy and mismanaged by many bishops is now again on the fore, thanks to an HBO "documentary" produced by Alex Gibney. This documentary is titled "Mea máxima culpa" after the words of the Confiteor.

I want to share with you some criticism of said work already published at TheMediaReport.com which you should all know, were you choose to watch this documentary. Keep it all in mind as you watch.

• Here We Go Again: Trailer For Upcoming Film Rehashes 2010 Smear by NY Times Against Pope Benedict
(August 21, 2012 :: **Our most basic overview/primer, based on the trailer**)

 

• Sex, Lies, and HBO Documentaries: Mea Maxima Culpa is long on vitriol, short on facts
(Catholic World Report, Nov. 9, 2012)

 

• A Response to Alex Gibney About 'Mea Maxima Culpa'
(Catholic World Report blog, Nov. 14, 2012)

 

• Richard Sipe vs. Catholic Teaching: An Angry Ex-Priest Traffics In Bad Theology
(January 2013)

 

• Film Trumpets Debunked 1997 Ireland 'Smoking Gun' Letter, Blames Vatican for Rape by Irish Priest Walsh
(January 2013)

 

• NYT's Laurie Goodstein vs. The Facts; More Blunders From the Bigoted Film
(January 2013)

 

• Fourth Century Clergy Abuse? More Loopy Claims From Gibney's Calamity
(January 2013)