The Documentary Spotlight

IMDB ^ | 2015

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Storyline When the Boston Globe's tenacious "Spotlight" team of reporters delves into allegations of abuse in the Catholic Church, their year-long investigation uncovers a decades-long cover-up at the highest levels of Boston's religious, legal, and government establishment, touching off a wave of revelations around the world.—Open Road

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The true story of how the Boston Globe uncovered the massive scandal of child molestation and cover-up within the local Catholic Archdiocese, shaking the entire Catholic Church to its core.

Winner of two Oscar's

Academy Awards, USA Michael Sugar at an event for Spotlight (2015) 2016 Winner Oscar Best Motion Picture of the Year Michael SugarSteve GolinNicole RocklinBlye Pagon Faust Mark Ruffalo 2016 Nominee Oscar Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role Mark Ruffalo Rachel McAdams 2016 Nominee Oscar Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role Rachel McAdams Tom McCarthy at an event for The Station Agent (2003) 2016 Nominee Oscar Best Achievement in Directing Tom McCarthy Josh Singer at an event for The Fifth Estate (2013) 2016 Winner Oscar Best Writing, Original Screenplay Josh SingerTom McCarthy Tom McArdle at an event for 31st Film Independent Spirit Awards (2016) 2016 Nominee Oscar Best Achievement in Film Editing Tom McArdle

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I was a fan...but not a "fanatic"...of To Catch A Predator. They caught at least one physician,at least one lawyer,at least one teacher,at least one member of the Armed Forces and many garden variety losers.

They also caught one clergyman...I'm almost certain it was only one. That clergyman wasn't a Catholic priest...he was a Rabbi.

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Spotlight” is a 2015 American biographical drama film directed by Tom McCarthy and written by McCarthy and Josh Singer. It tells the story of The Boston Globe’s “Spotlight” team, the oldest continuously operating newspaper investigative journalist unit in the United States, and their investigation into cases of widespread and systemic child sex abuse in the Boston area by numerous Catholic priests.0 The film stars Mark Ruffalo, Michael Keaton, Rachel McAdams, and Liev Schreiber.1 In 2001, editor Marty Baron of The Boston Globe assigns a team of journalists to investigate allegations against John Geoghan, an unfrocked priest accused of molesting more than 80 boys.2 The investigation led to the revelation of a massive scandal of child molestation and cover-up within the local Catholic Archdiocese, shaking the entire Catholic Church to its core.

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Bah! Even before they “found out,” everybody more or less knew what was going on.

“Bloody Boston,” about organized crime in the city, is worth watching, though.

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Geoghan was later murdered in prison. ,

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John Geoghan — The Pedophile Priest Killed By A Molestation Victim In Jail

John Geoghan was a Boston priest whose career spanned 30 years across Massachusetts. He was also a serial child rapist who would meet a grisly death in jail.

John Geoghan was a Boston priest whose career spanned 30 years in six different parishes. He was also a serial child rapist who had 150 boys came forward to accuse him of sexual abuse during his time in the Catholic Church.

Throughout his time as a priest, other higher-ups in the church turned a blind eye to the continuous stream of sexual abuse Geoghan committed as he was sent from Parish to Parish.

In 1991, he was prosecuted on molestation charges, though he wasn’t defrocked from the clergy until 1998. In February of 2002, the Spotlight Team of the Boston Globe published a report on Geoghan which became the catalyst for the series of cases against sexual abuse within the archdiocese. Geoghan was sentenced to prison in 2002 for an incident in which he molested a 10-year-old boy in a swimming pool.

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https://allthatsinteresting.com/john-geoghan

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It sure has been peaceful today ;>)