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Archbishop Richard Rushman is the overaching antagonist of the 1996 thriller movie Primal Fear.
He was portrayed by the late Stanley Anderson who also portrayed Hotel Caretaker in the 1997 miniseries The Shining.
Biography
The Archbishop is first seen by organizing a spectacle for the elite of Chicago with his altar boys, notably John Shaughnessy. The next day, he rises up and takes a shower to prepare himself for the day. However, one of his boys, Aaron Stampler, breaks into his room. The Archbishop sees him just before Stampler cuts him off his fingers and violently stabs him all over his body with a knife, causing his death.
Eventually, it is revealed that Rushman has a history of sexual abuse with his altar boys, to whom he threatened to expel if they didn't comply with his fantasies. He filmed his abuse in a tape, which he hid in his home. It is found by the protagonist who was searching in his house. He was informed of his existence by Alex, a comrade of Stampler.
Vail also finds that Richard had a foundation named the Rushman Foundation. Shuaghnessy and several businessmen invested large amounts of money in this for a project of real estate development. This project threatened to evict residents of the neighborhood and destroy their homes to replace them with luxury condos. However, the Archbishop spoke with a local resident, which made him change his mind and withdrew from the project, which resulted in death threats to him.
