portrays "Agnus Dei" Catholic Church impunity in cases of pedophilia
Luis Méndez Pérez
Filmmaker Alejandra Sánchez Orozco
Mexico City, April 25, 2011.
At age 12 Jesus Romero was sexually abused by Father Carlos López Valdez, so he started to have nightmares of a sacred world distorted. The event became an "unfinished business" to resolve and in 2010 met his attacker.
For 16 years, Jesus Romero Colin "dragged" the incident until he "decided to conduct an internal journey to understand what happened through an assessment process, "said Alejandra Sánchez Orozco, director of the documentary" Agnus Dei. "
The film shows the confrontation with her rapist Colin Romero, and the process of claim filed with the Attorney General of the Federal District (PGJDF) and "internal search" which recounts his experience in front of the camera.
"Look to Jesus is to confront the abuser and ask why abuse it are two explorations in the character one internal and one external."
The film emerged Sánchez Orozco's interest in child sexual abuse committed Catholic priests that were released in different media over a decade, as was the case with Marcial Maciel described in the book "Test of Faith" by journalist Sanjuana Martínez.
's also director of the movie "Under Juarez said he knew the case of Jesus Romero through the text of Sanjuana Martínez, compounded met him during one presentation of the book.
The promotion is already circulating on the Internet and displays the testimony of the young man of 28 years. Recounts that when he was 12 he wanted to be a priest. At that time, Lopez Valdez went to dinner at his house, the priest asked him to sleep with him, Colin Romero's parents did not object and in this way "Christmas happened," says the young man gasped in the trailer of the film.
With a trusting relationship between the protagonist and the director established a safe space to address the issue of human sexuality, and specifically understand what happens to those who are sexually abused during childhood. "The process with Jesus was pretty intense and deep, the stakes went beyond the complaint."
In an interview, the graduate director of the Center for Cinematographic Studies (CUEC) pointed out that the exercise of sexuality is an issue that engages and passion, because sexuality is linked with the rest of the life of human beings,
He added that he did not want to be necessarily a documentary report, as is implicit in the subject, but to observe the performance of sexuality within the Catholic Church in the seminars and how to guide in terms of sexual morality, hard, with very conservative views that conflict by accepting pedophiles in its ranks.
"I brackets to say that pedophilia is not for a religion or a community or social class, but corresponds to a human condition." He said
not be concerned about any request to record the pederast priest and described as "difficult" moment in which the film shows the face to face confrontation between Jesus and the priest as the images were obtained using a hidden camera.
said that if the priest makes a demand will cool the case of Jesus Romero Colin assume further that he committed the rape.
Despite the denunciation, López Valdez PGJDF remains free and has not called to testify, the priest has officiated Mass in various parishes.
The documentary "Agnus Dei", whose title is Latin for "Lamb of God," symbolizes the idea Jesus Christ offered to sacrifice for the sins of man. This work has already won two honorable mentions, one in the Latin American Film Festival Toulouse in France, which is awarded by the World Catholic Association for Communication SIGNIS, and the International Film Festival in Guadalajara.
In Colombia, won the Special Jury Prize at the International Festival of Cartagena de Indias, Colombia, and the prize awarded by the public at the International Film Festival of Women in Creteil, France.
"Agnus Dei", no disrespect to the Catholic faith, is a documentary that has been well received by the public due to the care and treatment to address the topic of sexuality in the midst of an area of \u200b\u200bfaith, he considered his creation.
Currently, the film participates in other festivals, the director is looking for sponsors to facilitate their distribution.
The trailer of the documentary is available in http://www.notiese.org/videos.php?vd_id=37
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