- Title: Abused And Catholic
- Date: 11th January 2003
- Description:Abused and Catholic The Roman Catholic Church,the world's largest organised religion,is facing its biggest crisis in modern times: the sexual abuse of young boys and girls by priests. In the USA alone,more than a billion dollars have been spent on legal fees and settlements,and the scandal of cover-up and denial recently resulted in the resignation of one of the Church's most powerful prelates: Cardinal Bernard Law,who had been Archbishop of Boston for 20 years. Mark Dowd,a former trainee priest turned journalist,reports from the USA and Rome on a scandal that has overshadowed the twilight of Pope John Paul II's reign. He listens to victims' stories and reveals how the Vatican has tried to spin the abuse scandal to minimise the Church's culpability. Mark charts the rebellion of ordinary churchgoers who are determined to keep their faith,but change their church. Produced,directed and presented by: Mark Dowd
- Broadcaster:Channel 4
- Collection: Channel 4
- Genre:Documentary and Factual
- Producer:3Bm Television Ltd.
- Programme Episode:Episode 1
- Transmission Date:11/01/2003
- Rights:Worldwide
- Decade: 2000s
