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Post by jean on Dec 4, 2015 20:40:13 GMT -5
Christine Niles shared Church Militant's post. 15 mins · Church MilitantLike Page 17 mins · "'Spotlight' is really a story about investigative journalism, and how effective such journalism can be in disclosing corruption in high places and being a force for justice." Priest Scandal Movie: Painful, Disturbing and Surprisingly Fair by Church Militant • ChurchMilitant.com • December 3, 2015 By Dr. Monica M. Miller "If it takes a village to raise a child, it takes a village to abuse one." This dialogue sums up the primary lesson of the film "Spotlight," currently playing in a major nationwide release. The movie, "based on actual events" and starring Michael Keaton, chronicles a Boston Globe four-person investigative team's discovery of Cdl. Bernard Law and the archdiocese of Boston's cover-up of the priest sexual abuse scandal. The title of the film, taken from the name of the investigative team, of course does double-duty as a reference to a painful journalistic laser beam cast on the priest sexual abuse scandal when the Globe story broke on January 6, 2002. "It takes a village to abuse a child" refers to the manner in which priest sexual abuse of young boys was mishandled, ignored and covered up by clergy, lawyers, school principals, teachers, public relations personnel — and even family members of the victims themselves. In other words, as the Globe editor Marty Baron, played by Liev Schreiber, opined, "This isn't about one bishop; it's about the system itself." The Spotlight team is committed to exposing a broken, dysfunctional ecclesiastical system that, instead of defrocking offending priests or turning them over to law enforcement, often simply reassigned them while settling victims' cases out of court in confidentiality agreements. If you are a devout Catholic, as is this film reviewer, and believe that no matter what, the gates of Hell shall not prevail against Christ's Church — sitting though "Spotlight" may be the longest two hours you'll ever spend in a theatre. You will not be able to exit the multiplex reassured that this is a horrible movie, a hastily thrown-together thoughtless Hollywood hatchet job produced by people who obviously loathe the Catholic Church and are just out to get Her. Instead this is an intelligent, well-written, acted and directed movie. Due to the subject matter, Catholic filmgoers cannot help but feel "Spotlight" is rubbing their noses into one of the most demoralizing, pathetic and despicable episodes in the history of Catholicism. Most secular film reviews note that "Spotlight" is really a story about investigative journalism, and how effective such journalism can be in disclosing corruption in high places and being a force for justice. Not a few have compared the film to Alan J. Pakula's "All the President's Men." "Spotlight"'s story begins when a new editor, Marty Baron, insists that the special investigative team pursue the priest sex abuse issue in the archdiocese of Boston. One reason the paper printed very few stories on the subject was because a court file containing evidence that Cdl. Law knew about certain priests abusing young boys, yet did very little to stop it, was under a court seal. Under Baron's leadership the Globe sues the archdiocese to force the disclosure of the documents. www.churchmilitant.com/news/article/priest-scandal-movie-painful-disturbing-and-surprisingly-fair |
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