Trigger Points Anthology, The Parenting Book that Breaks the Silence Available to the Public on November 18, 2015

November 18th marks the release of a new parenting book determined to start a conversation that will change the lives of millions of Americans. One-third of American children experience childhood abuse, and yet the question is never asked: what happens when those children grow up and have families of their…

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How the ‘Spotlight’ movie got made

Originally published in the Boston Globe on October 30, 2015 By Meredith Goldstein. From left: Rachel McAdams, Michael Keaton, and director Tom McCarthy on the “Spotlight” set. On Jan. 6, 2002, The Boston Globe published a story by its investigative Spotlight team revealing that the Catholic Church knew about sexual…

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I watch child pornography to prosecute sex crimes. The kids’ silence is deafening.

Originally Published on TheWashingtonPost.com on Oct 23, 2015 By Sarah Chang If they’re not crying, we assume they must not be hurting. During my first week as a federal prosecutor of sexual abuse crimes against children, one of my colleagues told me her chief coping mechanism: Turn the sound off…

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A church seeks healing

Originally published in the Boston Globe on December 14, 2002 By Michael Paulson. Pope accepts Law’s resignation in Rome Pope John Paul II and Cardinal Bernard F. Law in a private audience at the Vatican. The pope made no public comment. Cardinal Bernard F. Law of Boston is expected to…

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