New Orleans church abuse documentary based on Guardian reporting wins top award

God As My Witness shares survivors' stories and exposes church cover-ups as it returns to the scandal's epicenter

A film examining the Catholic clergy molestation crisis in New Orleans recently won the prize for best documentary at Colorado's Winter Park film festival and has been chosen to be screened in the city where the scandal has unfolded.

God As My Witness makes clear that those who commit these atrocities cannot hide" while giving a voice to the survivors, justice to the abused and a platform to be heard," the Winter Park film festival's director, Connor Nelson, said in a statement.