Making Spotlight, the Tom McCarthy-directed movie about The Boston Globe's investigation into the Catholic Church's sex abuse scandal, was a deeply personal experience for star Mark Ruffalo. Ruffalo, who portrays reporter Michael Rezendes in the film, told reporters at Spotlight's Boston premiere Wednesday night that he had friends who were victims of clergy abuse.
"I grew up Catholic and the hypocrisy of it and the dogma of it had chilled my relationship with it very early on," he said. "Even as a boy, I could feel it. There was a cruelty in the way the nuns treated us. It just didn't jibe with the teachings of Christ that were being taught, you know?"
http://www.people.com/article/mark-ruffalo-hypocrisy-catholic-church-spotlight-premiere
"I grew up Catholic and the hypocrisy of it and the dogma of it had chilled my relationship with it very early on," he said. "Even as a boy, I could feel it. There was a cruelty in the way the nuns treated us. It just didn't jibe with the teachings of Christ that were being taught, you know?"
http://www.people.com/article/mark-ruffalo-hypocrisy-catholic-church-spotlight-premiere
