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29 February 2016

The unknown chapter in the history of the Church’s abuse scandals

It is just a single line of dialogue from “Spotlight,” up for Best Picture and five other Academy Awards this Sunday, but it could be a movie in itself. It’s an allusion to an entire unknown chapter in the history of the Catholic Church sex abuse scandals: the role of National Catholic Reporter in first uncovering the clerical conspiracy to shield abusing priests.
“Have you read Jason Berry’s book? He wrote about the Gauthe case,” an abuse survivor asks the Spotlight team of investigative reporters from The Boston Globe featured in the film.

http://www.cruxnow.com/life/2016/02/23/the-unknown-chapter-in-the-history-of-the-churchs-abuse-scandals/