Synopsis: The sexual abuse of minors by priests is the delicate issue to be handled by Peter and Emmeline Guitry, devout Catholics whose lives are shattered when their son Robbie reveals that he has been sexually abused by their priest, Father Frank Aubert. Along with other parents in the parish, they begin a persistent but painful campaign to remove him and have him prosecuted as a sex offender. The Catholic Church attempts to cover up the abuse and place the priest back in the parish, causing a nationally publicized lawsuit. Based on the shocking, true story.

Cast:
Keith Carradine .... Pete Guitry
Blythe Danner .... Emmeline Guitry
Jack Warden .... Claude Fortier
David Strathairn .... Father Frank Aubert
Michael Faustino .... Robbie Guitry
Bob Gunton .... Monsignor Beauvais
Mitch Ryan .... Dave Davis
Robert Joy .... Mr. Hummel
Steve Hofvendahl .... Daniel Broussard
Mary Joy .... Madeleine Broussard

Favorite Quotes:
• Father Aubert: [regarding the charges being brought against him] "Not my boys. What? My boys?"
Monsignor Beauvais: "Father--"
Father Aubert: "I love my boys."
Monsignor Beauvais: "They are not your boys!"
Frank Aubert: "Oh, yes they are. Children belong to people who love them most, and no one can love them the way I do."

Notes:
• Co-star Bob Gunton and David have worked together two other times in Matewan and Dolores Claiborne.
• Director and writer Tom Topor won the Writers Guild of America award for his work on Judgment.

Critical Praise & Commentary:
(David On His Role:)
• "It's a requisite now to have a priest with a problem. That's a condition of the media: Fear and loathing and panic seem to be the currency, which is unfortunate." -David Strathairn, 2002