Critics of Mel Gibson's controversial blockbuster "The Passion of the Christ" have expressed fear the film would spark an outbreak of violence, but instead it continues to prompt criminals, from burglars to murderers, to confess to crimes committed as long as a decade ago.
The fourth recent instance of confession to a crime was reported yesterday in Mesa, Ariz., where a man walked up to police Sunday at the scene of a burglary and confessed to the break-in as well as five or six others.
In Norway, a neo-Nazi confessed to two decade-old bombings after watching Gibson's depiction of the suffering and death of Jesus Christ.
Near Houston, a man seeking "redemption" confessed to killing his girlfriend after her death had been ruled a suicide, saying he had been moved by his experience viewing "The Passion."
In Florida, a fugitive from a bank robbery two years ago said he turned himself in to police after watching Gibson's film.
