AGNUS DEI: LAMB OF GOD

Agnus Dei, Lamb of God is a documentary that interweaves the life of Jesus Romero, the life of Jose Barba, and the life inside a minor catholic seminar. Jesus Romero was an eleven-year-old acolyte when the priest of his church abused him. His mother, a very devoted Catholic, yearning for her son to become a priest, left him at church where the abuse continued for several years. One day, Jesus found out that the priest was exchanging nude photos he had taken of him in a child pornography ring; he also found out that the priest was sexually abusing other children. The story of Jesus is a victim’s story – a victim waging a battle against the indifference and corruption of the Catholic Church, a battle against the complicity of the judges obstructing the legal process to protect predatory priests, and also a battle against himself, trying to leave behind his fragility as a victim and face his aggressor. Only then will he be able to break free of the past and the man who stole his childhood and his freedom.