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The Church: Code of Silence
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The Church: Code of Silence

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Decades after the first clergy abuse scandals broke, this film argues that the Catholic hierarchy's methods of handling pedophile priests have barely changed. It follows survivors, investigators, and canon lawyers who describe a recurring pattern: allegations reported to bishops, priests quietly reassigned rather than defrocked, and victims pressured into silence through settlements and non-disclosure agreements. Interviews lay out how internal church tribunals operate differently from civil courts, often prioritizing the institution's reputation and a priest's rehabilitation over criminal accountability. The film traces specific cases through parish records and court documents to show how transfers moved accused priests from diocese to diocese, sometimes across countries, without warning to new congregations. It also examines the Vatican's own internal guidelines and asks why so few bishops have faced consequences for concealment compared to the priests who committed the abuse. The tone is investigative rather than polemical, letting survivors' accounts and paper trails carry the weight of the argument about an institution still protecting itself first.