IMPORTANT: An Open Letter to the Pope from a concerned documentary maker

Anyone who has ever seen the documentary video DELIVER US FROM EVIL can never forget it.  If you haven't seen it and would like to know more about what the author of the following letter is referring to, you can rent it from Netflix.  It is a real eye-opener, so prepare to be very shocked.  Another shock is delivered by the following information about the further travels of priest Oliver O'Grady.  The worst part is that the Catholic Church continues to protect this man, rather than the children he is allowed to be around!  Even if you decide not to rent the video (I think most curious, wanting-to-be-informed people will want to rent it, however), the following open letter to the present Pope and Archbishop of L.A. from Amy Berg, the creator of the documentary, will give you the shivers in itself. 

All members of the Catholic Church should see this documentary, even if merely for the sake of making you more aware of what can happen when people assume the Church is honoring its promise to "take care of things."  I think we all have come to realize that the promises of people in authoritative positions in religion and government often are not trustable, to say the least.  Thank God for watchdogs like Amy Berg who keep the rest of us aware!  I am very appreciative that she has made such an informative, though shocking, documentary -- and that she is once again giving air to her concerns with the letter and photos you will find in the following link:  http://www.huffingtonpost.com/amy-berg/deliver-us-from-evil-a-le_b_551743.html


DELIVER US FROM EVIL: A LETTER TO THE POPE, ARCHBISHOP MAHONEY, and HIERARCHY OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH
from Amy Berg

EXCERPT: 

Last Wednesday, a Dutch television station broadcast Deliver Us From Evil, my 2006 documentary about the sex abuse scandal in the Catholic Church. A few days earlier, the subject of my film, notorious pedophile Oliver O'Grady, was contacted by Dutch police officers, tipped off by his neighbors who had seen an advertisement for the film. Over the course of his 30-year career as a Catholic priest in California, O'Grady abused hundreds of children and is now living on the lam in Europe. O'Grady quickly disguised himself and fled, taking a train from Rotterdam to Schtipol. He managed to catch the last plane out of Amsterdam on Aer Lingus at 20:45. Ironically, had the film aired a few days later, he likely would have been stuck in Holland due to the volcanic eruption the following day.

As you might imagine, after the film aired in Holland, residents of O'Grady's community in Rotterdam were outraged and contacted me and two of the advocates featured in the film, attorneys John Manly and Jeff Anderson. After I spoke to one Rotterdam family, I discovered to my dismay that O'Grady had been masquerading himself as "Brother Francis" and had been volunteering at their local parish. This is alarming on several levels, especially in light of the Church's recent commitment to screen all volunteers and laypeople working in the church in order to protect the children and the community. Needless to say, the community was terrified and is still in a state of panic and shock. Another family told me they had been very close friends with O'Grady and had even traveled with him along with their nine-month-old child.

To read the rest of this letter, go to: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/amy-berg/deliver-us-from-evil-a-le_b_551743.html