City-Owned Theater Refuses Film Offensive To Church

In Maumee, Ohio, the city-owned Maumee Indoor Theater has turned down the makers of "Twist of Faith" who wanted to engage the venue to show their Oscar-nominated documentary about a firefighter who confronts the trauma of boyhood sexual abuse by a Catholic priest. Toledo Blade columnist Russ Lemon today says that the promoters were willing to guarantee the city that it would not lose money on a week-long showing of the film, but Maumee-- just named an "All-American City"-- did not want to offend the Catholic Church.