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Article: GROUPS DECRY FILM DEPICTING MEXICAN PRIESTS' MISDEEDS CATHOLIC LEADERS CALL FOR BOYCOTT; ORGANIZATION SUES
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- August 16, 2002
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MEXICO CITY - Priests who have affairs with parishioners, take
money from drug traffickers, and harbor leftist guerrillas are the
subject of Mexican director Carlos Carrera's controversial new film,
"The Crime of Father Amaro," which opens today amid heated protests
from Catholic groups.
The Mexican Bishops Conference, the main governing body for the
Roman Catholic Church in Mexico, has called on the country's 90
million Catholics to boycott the film. A national antiabortion group,
Pro Vida, has filed suit against several government officials
involved with the film, accusing them of violating laws that protect
religious freedoms - and demanding that the film be barred from
Mexican theaters. ...