Abused religious women, the other scandal of the Church (2019)

Original title

Religieuses abusées, l'autre scandale de l'Église

Directed by

Eric Quintin, Marie-Pierre Raimbault

Genre

documentary film

Country

France

Runtime

1h 37m

Rating

8.2 of 10 from 5 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

The film examines sexual abuse of nuns by clergy in the Catholic Church and how church leaders hid these acts. It shares testimony from women who experienced this violence and documents the institution's pattern of coverup.

soberingdisturbinginformativeseriousslowsolemnconfrontational

What happens

Religieuses abusées, l'autre scandale de l'Église (lit. 'Abused religious [women], the other scandal of the Church') is a French documentary television film by Eric Quintin and Marie-Pierre Raimbault in collaboration with Elizabeth Drevillon. The film, which was first shown on Arte on 5 March 2019, deals with sexualised violence by clerics against nuns and the attempts of the Catholic Church to cover up these acts. It premiered on Australian television channel SBS Viceland on 30 August 2019 under the English title of Sex Slaves of the Catholic Church. From 8 March to 10 May 2022, it was available online with English subtitles. The English version will be available again from 1 April 2026. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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