I was just watching the movie Doubt which is about the Catholic church and it's issues with sexual molestation of little boys. The movie is all about one priest who is well liked by everyone but is suspected to have touched a boy by a tough nun who is sure she will find him guilty by the church. The movie is really relatable to what is going on today with all of the claims of priest's touching little boys. The movie is one heated fight after another between the priest and the nun. The nun is sure that he is guilty and the priest claims his innocents and says the sister has no slightest proof that he has done something to this boy. I love the movie because the sister is a strong willed nun who is trying to break the religious norms on sisters having to stay quiet and be run by a priest. She tries her best throughout the whole movie to have justification for this little boy but is constantly shut down because the Catholic Church is run by priests who will stand up for one another. The film shows that a nun has no say in anything that happens in the church which makes this movie very frustrating to some. The movie's end to me is brilliant but may not be pleasing to others. The movie never tells you what happens with the priest. The nun never finds the proof but claims that she has her doubt's that he is innocent. She feels that she knows that he did and it eventually breaks this hard nosed nun when she realized that he will get away with it and move on to another parish where he will do it to another boy. She is frustrated because she knows that their is no justice and she cannot do anything because she is a nun working under priests.
This movie makes you think about how this could be happening now with all of the claims that have come up throughout the years of priests touching and abusing little boys. It's hard to think positively about the world sometimes and be trusting of people because the people who are supposed to be the purest out of all humans are the ones who are doing the most sinful things and getting away with it. This kind of stuff makes me sad for the world.
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