451:. The judge reasoned the broadcast could sway public opinion about four members of the Christian Brothers order, who at that time were being tried for actual cases of abuse in the Ontario courts, and thus impede the perpetrators' right to a fair trial. A day after the ban, the court agreed to hear arguments from lawyers for the CBC and the NFB, which resulted in the court lifting the ban and the broadcast going ahead everywhere in Canada except for Ontario and Quebec.
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institutional cover-up. Because the orphanage is about to receive a grant from the government that would go towards renovations, the town's police chief wants to avoid the stain of a political scandal. The investigation is ultimately buried by the head of the justice department and church officials, and no arrests are made. Lavin and several
Brothers are merely
469:. Daniel Henry, the CBC's senior legal counsel at the time, said the court decision "'changed the equation … in the years since, it has become established as the bedrock principle on which all publication restrictions are weighed. It's a fundamental touchstone for the importance of free expression in a democratic society.'"
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Fifteen years later, Lavin has left the priesthood and lives in
Montreal with his wife and two sons. A cop comes to his door to arrest him on charges of sexual assault, gross indecency and misconduct, to which Lavin pleads not guilty. The St. Vincent victims, now men in their mid-20s, are called upon
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Peter Lavin. Kevin Reevey, a 10-year-old abused child, tries to avoid Lavin's attentions by running away, but he is returned to the orphanage by police. When Lavin tries to embrace and caress him, Kevin resists and protests, "You're not my mother!" This causes Lavin to violently react to the boy, and
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The miniseries was set to premiere on
Canadian television in late 1992, but due to the concurrent trials of four Ontario priests who were being tried for similar cases, a court injunction banned the broadcast in Ontario and Quebec. The ban was later overturned after appeals at federal and provincial
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For the orphan characters, the production sought out young boys with no prior acting experience to act alongside experienced professionals like Henry Czerny. The miniseries was shot over a period of five months, beginning in
November 1991. The filmmakers did extensive preparatory work with the boys
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Finn, the orphanage's janitor, notices Kevin's injuries and worriedly sends him to a hospital. Lavin fires Finn, but Finn hires a detective to investigate the orphanage, and word starts to spread in the local community about possible abuse at St. Vincent. However, an investigation is hampered by an
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said, "Telling his story with a matter-of-factness that gives it the solid credibility of a documentary, Mr. Smith observes St. Vincent's daily routine and lets it imply a great deal about both the boys' and the
Catholic brothers' behavior.” She also commended the performance of Czerny, saying "As
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Though the broadcast had a limited reach, it managed to attract two million viewers. The CBC and NFB partnered with Kids Help Phone, a hotline that was available for viewers to speak to a counsellor. Set up because of the "dearth of services for adult male survivors of abuse," the hotline ended up
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stated, "No drama had ever depicted the brutality of trusted authority figures in the
Catholic Church (this, in the wake of 1989′s massive abuse scandal at Mount Cashel orphanage in Newfoundland) in such vivid terms, against children no less, in prime time. The film took a cinematic approach to
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wrote, "An
American TV movie would focus on the courtroom drama, the triumph of delayed justice. Smith goes after deeper, harsher truths; for one boy, reliving the experience at the trial proves fatal. And we are forced to look at the monstrous Lavin in a different light. Earlier we viewed him
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with an overdose of drugs. His death ultimately prompts Kevin to give evidence against Lavin. Lavin remains in denial, even to his wife. His fate is left unanswered as is the question, posed by his wife at the end of the second film, as to whether he ever molested his own two young sons.
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said, "The horror is filmed with admirable restraint, with director Smith opting for a less-is-more approach that only reinforces the tragedy of the events depicted. It's hardly an uplifting movie, and it ends on a distinctly sour and abrupt note, but
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was less positive and wrote the film "was disappointingly superficial, offering no psychological insight or depth of characterization and simply showing us evil clergymen and victimized children as cliches in a morality play."
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through the children's eyes; now we have the shock of seeing him as he sees himself." Ansen added, "Czerny's portrait of this twisted, angry man is one of the most complex depictions of evil on film.”
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in late 1992 to overturn the lower courts’ decisions completely. Two years later, the
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by his abuse and has nightmares. Steven is emotionally destroyed by the defence advocate, who reveals that he abused seven-year-old boys at the orphanage when he was sixteen. Steven then
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Kevin is severely beaten with the buckle end of the brother's belt. Steven Lunny is another abused boy whose older brother Brian tries to protect him.
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fielding more than 300 calls. The miniseries was eventually broadcast to all of Canada in 1993, after the trials of the
Christian brothers concluded.
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1991:Crimen sollicitationis
338:as Brother Peter Lavin
212:Mount Cashel Orphanage
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2316:Red Hot Catholic Love
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1914:Juan Barros Madrid
1890:Francisco José Cox
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1287:on 31 January 2013
1189:The New York Times
993:The Globe and Mail
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