Examination of Conscience (2019)

Original title

Examen de Conciencia

Genre

documentary television program

Country

Spain

Length

1 season, 3 episodes

Rated

19

Rating

7.4 of 10 from 9 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This miniseries investigates child abuse accusations at three Spanish schools run by Marist Brothers. It shows interviews with victims, clergy, and experts about the church's lack of support and legal obstacles in Spain.

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What happens

Examination of Conscience (Spanish: Examen de Conciencia) is a Spanish documentary television miniseries created by Enric Hernández, Luis Mauri, and Albert Solé, and directed by Albert Sol premiered on Netflix on January 25, 2019. The three 50-minute episodes examines the extent of child abuse accusations across three Spanish Marist Brother schools in Spain by priests or other people associated with the Catholic Church. Through interviews with victims, clergy members, journalists, and experts, it discusses different cases, the lack of support for the victims by the church, and how laws in Spain do not support prosecuting cases when they are reported decades after the occurrence. The documentary series was produced by Zeta Cinema, Zeta Audiovisual and Minimal Films. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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