Deliver Us from Evil: Award Winning Documentary About Pedophile Catholic Priest

The Diocese Knew He was Dangerous, but They Allowed Him to Carry on for Decades

Father Oliver O’Grady was a popular priest, and as he moved from one parish to another in Northern California during the 1970’s, communities and churches took him to their hearts - even christening him “Father Ollie”- as he worked and lived with them in their towns. But underneath, O’Grady was hiding a deep and dark secret – a secret that was deliberately covered up by his church and especially Cardinal Mahony of Los Angeles - and was inexplicably and unforgivably allowed to remain hidden.

Winner of the Target Documentary Award for Best Documentary Feature at the recent Los Angeles Film Festival, writer/producer/director Amy Berg’s powerful and upsetting documentary Deliver Us From Evil has been picked up for distribution by Lions Gate (the company behind the Oscar winning movie sensation Crash), which means that many people will see the story behind one the most disturbing and dark case in what’s becoming an endless catalogue of pedophile Catholic priests:

“Despite the feeling of nausea at the end of every shoot, I knew I was doing something that would be eye-opening. My goal has always been to educate and inform.”

The documentary is certain to provoke controversy, outrage and endless debate around the world too because it tells the story of a dangerously active pedophile that the Church hierarchy - full aware of his illness - harbored for decades, moving him from one place to another to ensure he was not exposed and effectively allowing the abuse of countless children, both girls and boys over decades.

Father O’Grady’s first recorded victim was Nancy Sloan some 30 years ago, yet all he was ordered to do at the time was to write a letter explaining his actions. Soon after this he was moved from Lodi to Turlock, although no-one in Turlock was warned about his past or his dangerous affliction, and after he was caught again there he was transferred to Stockton then once again on to San Andreas, where he actually received a promotion for his work.