The Boys of St. Vincent

The Boys of St. Vincent
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Written by	Sam Grana John N. Smith Des Walsh
Directed by	John N. Smith
Starring	Henry Czerny Sebastian Spence David Hewlett Timothy Webber Brian Dooley Lise Roy
Music by	Neil Smolar
Country of origin	Canada
Original language	English
Production
Producer	Claudio Luca
Cinematography	Pierre Letarte
Editor	Werner Nold
Running time	186 minutes (U.S.)
Original release
Network	CBC
Release	December 6, 1992 (1992-12-06)
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The Boys of St. Vincent is a 1992 Canadian television miniseries directed by John N. Smith for the National Film Board of Canada. It is a two-part docudrama inspired by real events that took place at the Mount Cashel Orphanage in St. John's, Newfoundland, one of a number of child sexual abuse scandals in the Roman Catholic Church.

The first film, The Boys of St. Vincent, covers the sexual and physical abuse of a number of orphans by Brothers headed by Brother Peter Lavin (Henry Czerny). The second film, The Boys of St. Vincent: 15 Years Later, covers the trial of the Brothers and the long-term effects of the abuse 15 years later.

The miniseries was set to premiere on Canadian television in late 1992, but due to the concurrent trials of four Ontario priests who were being tried for similar cases, a court injunction banned the broadcast in Ontario and Quebec. The ban was later overturned after appeals at federal and provincial courts and the miniseries received a nationwide broadcast in late 1993.

The Boys of St. Vincent received widespread critical acclaim and was included in lists of the Top 10 films of 1994 by Rolling Stone, Entertainment Weekly, and USA Today. It won the grand prize at the Banff Television Festival, as well as a Peabody Award and a National Board of Review award.