Premiere of paedophile priest film

A DOCUMENTARY following an convicted Irish paedophile priest Oliver O’Grady will have its international premiere at the Jameson Dublin International Film Festival.

US director Amy Berg will present her controversial feature Deliver Us From Evil following former Catholic priest Oliver O’Grady who served seven years in a California jail on charges of child molestation.

Part of the documentary on O’Grady, who was born and raised in Ireland, was filmed in Dublin. O’Grady, who admitted to molesting 25 children while a parish priest in California, was deported to Ireland in 2001 and is believed to live in Dublin.

The film, which has been nominated for an Oscar and won the best documentary award at the Los Angeles Film Festival, will have its premiere at the fifth Jameson Dublin International Film Festival on February 17. Stephanie Denton from Lionsgate, which is releasing the film, said: “We are very pleased that the Dublin Film Festival will host the international premiere of Deliver Us From Evil. Given the film’s vigour and fearlessness, we believe that audiences in Ireland and worldwide will be captivated by this incredible story.”

The film follows O’Grady, whose victims ranged from a nine-month-old baby to a middle-aged mother of another adolescent victim.

Berg also speaks with several of his victims as they attempt to repair their lives.

The festival, which runs from February 16 to 25, will screen 100 feature films, shorts and discussions at cinema sites in Dublin city.