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.
2002 | Cardinal Law Holds Press Conference in Response to Globe Spotlight Reports
January 9, 2002 | In this historic footage of Cardinal Law’s first press conference in response to the Boston Globe Spotlight Team’s reports on the Fr. John Geoghan case, the Cardinal responds to evidence that he knew about Geoghan’s assaults on children, but continued to assign the predator to parishes throughout Greater Boston.
1997 | Cardinal Law Apologizes for Abusive Priests
November 1997 | BOSTON HERALD – “In his strongest words yet on the subject, Bernard Cardinal Law has “begged the forgiveness of all who have been hurt as a result of sex abuse by priests.” SEE ORIGINAL ON PDF
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)