Suing the Pope

Suing the Pope is a March 2002 documentary by Colm O'Gorman and the BBC which details the abusive activities of priest Sean Fortune and the response of the diocese of Ferns to his activities over the years.

As a result, bishop Brendan Comiskey, the bishop of Ferns, resigned due to his perceived mishandling of the case. He had described Fortune as being "virtually impossible to deal with."

The documentary won an award from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts.

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Sexual abuse in the Catholic Church

Manifestations	By country In confession Abuse by members of Catholic orders

Consequences	Parish transfers of abusive priests Financial The Role of the Church in the Causation, Treatment and Prevention of the Crisis in the Priesthood (1971) Instruction Concerning the Criteria for the Discernment of Vocations (2005)

Reception	Curial Ecclesiastic Journalistic Debate over causes

Government responses	Ferns Report John Jay Report Ryan Commission Murphy Report

Activist groups	Duplessis Orphans Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAP) Voice of the Faithful

Pre-modern	Gregorian Reform Liber Gomorrhianus

Roman Curia	Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors Ecclesiastical response to Catholic sex abuse cases

In popular culture	Judgment (1990 film) The Boys of St. Vincent (1992 miniseries) Suing the Pope (2002 documentary) Holy Water-Gate (2004 documentary) Twist of Faith (2004 documentary) Our Fathers (2005 film) Sex Crimes and the Vatican (2006 documentary) Deliver Us from Evil (2006 film) Hand of God (2006 documentary) Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God (2012 documentary) Spotlight (2015 film) The Club (2015 film)

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Suing the Pope

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