I saw the movie, Spotlight

Steve Kurkjian played by Gene Amoroso has a line in the movie which jolted my leg to a halt and shot my fist in the air with a silent “Amen!”, “It takes a village to raise a child, it takes a village to abuse one…” Chris and I saw the…

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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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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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More clergy abuse, secrecy cases

Originally published in the Boston Globe on December 4, 2002 By Thomas Farragher and Sacha Pfeiffer. Records detail quiet shifting of rogue priests From left, Phil de Albuquerque of Speak Truth to Power; Rodney Ford, father of an alleged abuse victim; and David Clohessy of Survivors Network of those Abused…

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