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  • Bishop Upset Maher Filmed ‘Religulous’ In Parish (Maher Lied to Use Church)

    10/21/2008 3:43:19 PM PDT · by nickcarraway · 19 replies · 769+ views
    WNBC ^ | October 16, 2008
    Newark's Roman Catholic archbishop is upset part of Bill Maher's movie was filmed at Bergen County parish. Maher set part of his documentary "Religulous," which mocks organized religion, in Our Lady of Mercy in Park Ridge. A spokesman for Archbishop John Myers said the parish priest was aware of a policy that prohibits any commercial filming in churches. But Jim Goodness said filmmakers told the Very Rev. Charles Grandstrand that Maher wanted to film his Jewish mother there because the church was such a big part of her life. Hi father was Catholic. Maher grew up in nearby River Vale....