Acclaimed documentarian and Academy Award® winner Alex Gibney investigates the sex scandals of the Roman Catholic Church, beginning in 1950s Milwaukee. Pledging to put a public face on sexual abuse, five deaf men and abuse survivors led the first publicly known protest against an abusive priest. This harrowing film travels the globe and unearths a systematic cover up of abuse and scandal. The survivors’ fight for justice is further complicated when Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, the former Vatican overseer of sex-abuse cases, is named Pope Benedict XVI. MEA MAXIMA CULPA stands as an important document for social justice and change.

Alex Gibney is the winner of the 2008 Academy Award for Best Documentary for Taxi to the Dark Side. Before that, Gibney wrote, produced and directed the 2006 Oscar-nominated film, Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room, which received the Independent Spirit Award and the WGA Award. His most recent films as director include: Client 9:The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer; Magic Trip; and The Last Gladiators.  He is currently editing an untitled project on WikiLeaks and Julian Assange for Universal Pictures.

Alex Gibney is the winner of the 2008 Academy Award for Best Documentary for Taxi to the Dark Side. Before that, Gibney wrote, produced and directed the 2006 Oscar-nominated film, Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room, which received the Independent Spirit Award and the WGA Award. His most recent films as director include: Client 9:The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer; Magic Trip; and The Last Gladiators.  He is currently editing an untitled project on WikiLeaks and Julian Assange for Universal Pictures.