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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Archdiocese weighs bankruptcy filing

Originally published in the Golden Globe on December 1, 2002 By Walter V. Robinson and Stephen Kurkjian. Cardinal Bernard F. Law has to approve any bankruptcy legal steps by the archdiocese. The Archdiocese of Boston is preparing to take the extraordinary step of filing for bankruptcy, as hopes fade for a…

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Feinstein, Blunt Bill: Use Federal Funds to Train Child Abuse Detection

Originally published on Dianne Feinstein’s Website on May 19, 2015. Senators Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) and Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) today introduced the Helping Schools Protect Our Children Act, which would allow schools to use Title II Elementary and Secondary Education Act funds to provide training to personnel on detecting sexual abuse.…

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HUMAN TRAFFICKING IS MODERN DAY SLAVERY

Originally published and information taken from the Love Never Fails site. Human trafficking is the illegal trade of human beings, mainly for the purposes of forced labor and sex trafficking. Domestic sex trafficking occurs when U.S. citizens or permanent residents are commercially sexually exploited. Children can be commercially sexually exploited…

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