BY THE GRACE OF GOD & SPOTLIGHT: Studies in abuse and faith
Nov 2 · 5 min read
There is a moment early in By The Grace Of God when Alexandre Guerin, a prosperous executive, father of four and devout Catholic, is walking up a spiral staircase for an interview after informing church officials that a priest who abused him when he was a child, is now working with children at his church. As he trudges up the stairs, the camera looking down on him conveys a feeling of both Sisyphean effort and dizziness, because what Guerin embarks on becomes a crisis of conscience for both himself and the church in which he believes.

