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A moving, and frankly told story of a family's confrontation with the church that betrayed them, and how they survived it all with their humanity and humor intact.

Hand of God

Watch Online cross on top of a church ad asking whether people remember father birmingham inside a car

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introduction

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Joe Cultrera and his co-producers discuss the making of the film.

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What's happened with the Cultrera family and the priests and issues in this story.

timeline
The overlapping chronologies of the Cultreras, Fr. Birmingham and the larger scandal in the Boston Archdiocese.

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Archdiocese documents on Birmingham, Paul Cultrera's speech to Bishop McCormack and letters Paul received from other survivors.

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