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Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God

Year:

2012

Duration:

106 min

Genres:

Documentary

IMDB rate:

8.1

Director:

Alex Gibney

Awards:

Won 3 Primetime Emmys. Another 5 wins & 7 nominations

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 2012-11-16

Filming Locations: Vatican City

Cast

Actor

Character

Alex Gibney

Himself - Narrator (voice)

Terry Kohut

Himself - St. John's School for the Deaf, 1960-1969

Gary Smith

Himself - St. John's School for the Deaf, 1954-1970

Pat Kuehn

Himself - St. John's School for the Deaf, 1969-1973

Arthur Budzinski

Himself - St. John's School for the Deaf, 1953-1964

Lawrence Murphy

Himself - priest, St. John's School for the Deaf, 1950-1974 (archive footage)

Richard Sipe

Himself - Former Benedictine Monk / Mental Health Counselor

Scott Kuehn

Himself (archive footage)

Angela Kuehn

Herself (archive footage)

Patrick Wall

Himself - Former Benedictine Monk (as Patrick J. Wall)

Bob Bolger

Himself - St. John's School for the Deaf (archive footage)

John Conway

Himself - Counselor for the Deaf

Jim Heydendahl

Himself - Senior Boys' Dorm Supervisor, 1972-1974

Geoffrey Robertson

Himself - Human Rights Lawyer (as Geoffrey Robertson QC)

Jeff Anderson

Himself - Attorney for Gary Smith & Terry Kohut

Laurie Goodstein

Herself - The New York Times National Religion Correspondent

Thomas Doyle

Himself - Canon Lawyer (as Rev. Thomas Doyle)

Robert Mickens

Himself - Rome Correspondent, The Tablet - Catholic Weekly

Marco Politi

Himself - Vatican Correspondent, Il Fatto Quotidiano

Pope Benedict XVI

Himself (archive footage)

Tony Walsh

Himself - Priest (archive footage)

Mick Peelo

Himself - Reporter, RTE Television

Grainne O'Sullivan

Herself - Co-Founder, Countmeout.ie

Desmond Connell

Himself - Archbishop of Dublin, 1988-2004 (as Most Rev. Desmond Connell)

Sean Brady

Himself - Primate of All Ireland (archive footage) (as Cardinal Sean Brady)

Enda Kenny

Himself - Prime Minister of Ireland (2011) (archive footage)

Marcial Maciel Degollado

Himself (archive footage)

Carlos Slim

Himself (archive footage)

Jason Berry

Himself - Reporter and Author

Angelo Sodano

Himself, Cardinal (archive footage)

Peter Isely

Himself - abuse survivors advocate

Rembert Weakland

Himself - Archbishop of Milwaukee, 1977-2002 (also archive footage) (as Most Rev. Rembert Weakland)

Maurizio Turco

Himself - Co-Founder, Anticlericale.net

William Donohue

Himself, president, Catholic League (archive footage)

Benito Mussolini

Himself (archive footage)

Pope Pius XI

Himself (archive footage)

Timothy Dolan

Himself (archive footage) (as Most Rev. Timothy Dolan)

Jamey Sheridan

Terry (voice)

Chris Cooper

Gary (voice)

Ethan Hawke

Pat (voice)

John Slattery

Arthur (voice)

Donagh Gleason

Father Murphy (as Dennis Gleason)

Robert Hoatson

Religious Ritual Priest (as Robert Hoaston)

Doriel Printz-Nadworny

Dorm Room Boy / Confessional Boy (as Doriel Pryntz-Nadworny)

Brady Bryson

Deaf Child

Kyle Donnery

Deaf Boy (as Kyle Donnerly)

Wyeth Freaney

Deaf Boy

Alexander Primavera

Deaf Boy

Antony Toron

Young Terry

Matthew Ryan Hughes

Young Terry (as Matthew Hughes)

Larry Hunt

Terry

Aaron Ballard

Church woman

Laszlo Bilinszky

Additional Character

Desta Mason

Additional Character

Sara Ann Parker

Additional Character

David Rosenblatt

Additional Character

Viet Vo

Additional Character

Goofs

The narration states "In 1929, a cardinal, soon to be Pope Pius XI, signed the Lateran Treaty with the Fascist government of Mussolini to create the Vatican State." Actually, in 1929, Pius XI was already pope, having been elected in 1922.