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When former nun Gloria breaks 30 years of silence to name her abuser,
a celebrated artist-priest known as the “Michelangelo”
of the modern Catholic Church, a long-buried crisis erupts,
exposing a system designed to protect power.
Executive produced by Mariska Hargitay,
NUNS VS THE VATICAN is a powerful story of global relevance,
exploring how women’s voices can be silenced for decades
and why it is never too late to raise them.
Documentary, USA, 93 mins, 2025
Nuns vs the Vatican is screening at festivals around the world.
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“A searing look at the long-reaching impacts of silence.” - FILM OBSESSIVE
“That has not stopped the women who have accused Father Rupnik from speaking out.... They have traveled widely to promote Nuns vs. The Vatican.” - THE NEW YORK TIMES
“I couldn’t expect to find such a humanity that had been ... systematically silenced."
- AMERICA MAGAZINE
"Nuns vs. the Vatican ... tells of the dozens of women allegedly abused sexually and spiritually by former Jesuit priest Marko Rupnik and the Church’s alleged protection of him."
HOLLYWOOD REPORTER
“A sensitive and unsettling documentary. [...] A stark look at institutional protection of abusers.”
- THE GUARDIAN
“An unusually cinematic nonfiction legal drama.” - THE MOVEABLE FEST
“Nuns vs The Vatican offers the viewer the kind of urgency that documentaries rarely manage to capture so completely [...] its intensity never wavers." - OVERLY HONEST REVIEWS
“An evocative new documentary. [...] An intimate story about women coming together, finding their voices, and fighting for agency within a centuries-old institution.” - MOVIEMAKER MAGAZINE
