Nefarious: Merchant of Souls Film

GARRISON, N.Y. - Feb. 4, 2014 - PRLog -- Graymoor Spiritual Life Center is hosting a screening of the award winning documentary, Nefarious: Merchant of Souls on Tuesday, February 18, 2014 at 7pm in its 3rd floor conference room.  This film takes a hard-hitting look at the disturbing trends of modern day sex slavery.  Filmed in over 19 countries, the filmmaker tells the story of sex slavery through the eyes of the enslaved and the traffickers.  The director, writer and producer, Benjamin Nolot, founded Exodus Cry, an international anti-trafficking organization built on a foundation of prayer and committed to abolishing sex slavery through Christ-centered prevention, intervention and holistic restoration of trafficking victims.

Pope Francis has addressed this crisis, reminding us that human trafficking "affects the most vulnerable people in society: women, children, the disabled, the poorest and those who come from situations of family or social disintegration."  He says, "All persons of good will, whether they profess a religion or not, cannot allow these women, these men and these children to be treated as objects, deceived, violated, often repeatedly sold, for various purposes, and at the end, either killed or ruined physically and mentally, to end up discarded and abandoned. It is shameful."

For more information, call Graymoor Spiritual Life Center at a (845) 424-2111.  To register in advance, visit http://nefariousfilmatgslc.eventbrite.com

The Franciscan Friars of the Atonement are a Roman Catholic order of brothers and priests founded in 1898 by Fr. Paul Wattson, SA at Graymoor in Garrison.  Since that time, the Friars have worked for reconciliation and healing through “at-one-ment” — the unity of men and women with God and with one another —  so that the prayer of Jesus “that they all may be one” might be fulfilled.  Through their mission and ministries they serve people of every race, religion, and walk of life. Their social ministries help the poor, the needy, and the homeless; people living with HIV; frail and elderly in hospitals and hospices; those in prison; and people seeking recovery from alcoholism and chemical addictions.  Their ecumenical work makes them leaders of the international movement to heal the divisions within Christianity and among all faiths.  Through their prayers and pastoral ministries, they bring spiritual renewal, unity, harmony, and reconciliation throughout the world and carry the Gospel message to three continents. For more information about the friars, visit atonementfriars.org