Clergy Sex Abuse Scandal Takes "Spotlight" In New Film

By Lydia Brown
WNPR
November 11, 2015

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In the early 2000s, a unit of Boston Globe reporters known as the “Spotlight" team uncovered child sex abuse in one of Boston’s most powerful institutions: the Catholic Church. 

Now, their story is being told on the big screen, in a new film called "Spotlight." This hour, we learn more about the movie with former Globe columnist Eileen McNamara. We also find out how the clergy abuse scandal has been -- and continues to be -- covered in other U.S. cities.

GUESTS:

• Eileen McNamara - Journalism professor at Brandeis University; former columnist for The Boston Globe
• Dave Altimari - Reporter on the Hartford Courant’s investigative desk
• Jim Hackett - Childhood victim of clergy sex abuse; member of the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAP)
• Madeleine Baran - Investigative reporter at Minnesota Public Radio