November 4, 2015 | AP — It was a scandal that shook the Roman Catholic Church to its core: Hundreds of priests molested children for decades and got away with it because church leaders covered it up.
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‘Spotlight’ Film Illuminates Boston Clergy Abuse Scandal
For ‘Spotlight,’ Actors Portrayed Hunters Chasing Predators
October 30, 2015 | NY TIMES — “Working from a cramped, dingy office, a scrappy band of journalists exposes the Archdiocese of Boston’s decades-long cover-up of sexual abuse of children by scores of priests. Definitely an investigation worthy of a Pulitzer Prize, which the Boston Globe’s Spotlight team won for that 2002 series. But fodder for a Hollywood film?”
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‘This Is Where It Counts’: ‘Spotlight’ Movie, on Church Abuse Exposé, Premieres In Boston
October 28, 2015 WBUR Radio | “This is where, for this story, the victims are,” actor Mark Ruffalo said. “This is where the people that we’re playing are. This is where the Globe is. This is where it counts, you know?”
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2015 | A Heroic Whistleblower in the Long, Sad Mess of Clergy Sexual Abuse
October 28, 2015 | CRUX – Remember the famous line in “Jaws” when Chief Brody first sees the monster shark and says, “You’re gonna need a bigger boat”? Phil Saviano remembers a similar line when he first told Boston Globe reporters there weren’t just one or two priests molesting a handful of children. Saviano knew of nearly 30 priests, if not more, with dozens of victims.
2000 | WBZ Boston “David Brudnoy Show”
JUNE 2000 | This is Phil Saviano’s first live interview with Boston’s celebrated talk radio host David Brudnoy. Up for discussion was the recent arrest of a parish youth minister, charged with sexually molesting many young boys in the rectory of a parish church in Middleton. One focus of the broadcast was Phil’s attempt to explain, and David’s attempt to understand, why it is that kids don’t often tell when they are being sexually abused. The 29-year-old perpetrator, Christopher Reardon, later pleaded guilty to sex abuse crimes involving 24 boys, and was sentenced to a minimum of 40 years in prison.
1998 | WBZ Radio Boston – Pedophile Priest John Geoghan Is Defrocked By Vatican
JUNE 1998 | WBZ RADIO BOSTON – Steve Leveille moderates a discussion about clergy sex abuse in the Boston Archdiocese, the day after the notorious priest John Geoghan is defrocked by the Vatican. This is the second half of the program, with call-ins from listeners who have a range of reactions to victims coming forward with their claims against Geoghan. The earlier part of the program, which was not recorded, (unfortunately), featured SNAP’s Barbara Blaine and Phil Saviano.
1992 | New Mexico Lawyer Alleges Former Mass. Priest Sexually Abused Boys
December 16, 1992 | BOSTON GLOBE – This is the first Boston Globe report on the New Mexico abuse allegations against former Worcester, MA Diocese priest David Holley. Five days later, the Globe would carry a front-page story, Phil Saviano’s first public revelation of his abuse by Holley.READ ARTICLE PHOTO (JPG)