The Catholic Church attempts to cover up the abuse and place Aubert back in the parish, causing a nationally publicized lawsuit.

"[1] Chris Willman of the Los Angeles Times wrote: "Ultimately 'Judgment' stops a little short of the judgments it seems prepared to make..."[2] The Baltimore Sun's Steve McKerrow concluded, "the film grapples pretty well with its troubling topic.

"[3] Kenneth R. Clark, writing in the Chicago Tribune, talked with the film's producer, Rob Hershman about the story's origins.

Tom Topor, who had previously written about rape in The Accused and about pedophilia in Nuts chose to write the screenplay about a fictional character similar to Gauthe and direct the project for HBO Films.

[4] Clark neither praised the film nor panned it, but pointed out "only HBO, with no advertisers to worry about and no public pressure groups to appease, would dare to run it.