The Vatican-owned Osservatore Romano commended the film for giving a voice to the victims of historical sex abuse within the Catholic Church.
In a front page editorial on Monday, Vatican-owned newspaper Osservatore Romano praised Tom McCarthy’s Oscar-winning Spotlight for its depiction of the Catholic Church’s cover-up of sex abuse crimes.
As reported by Reuters UK, columnist Lucetta Scaraffia said that the film gave, “a voice to the shock and profound pain of the faithful who confront the discovery of this horrible reality.” She added that, “It’s by now clear that in the Church too many were worried about the image of the institution and not the gravity of the act.”
The film chronicles the true story of the Boston Globe’s investigative journalism team Spotlight, which uncovered hundreds of American priests who had been moved to different parishes, instead of being defrocked, after molesting children.
Since the Globe’s initial investigation in 2002, thousands more priest...
In a front page editorial on Monday, Vatican-owned newspaper Osservatore Romano praised Tom McCarthy’s Oscar-winning Spotlight for its depiction of the Catholic Church’s cover-up of sex abuse crimes.
As reported by Reuters UK, columnist Lucetta Scaraffia said that the film gave, “a voice to the shock and profound pain of the faithful who confront the discovery of this horrible reality.” She added that, “It’s by now clear that in the Church too many were worried about the image of the institution and not the gravity of the act.”
The film chronicles the true story of the Boston Globe’s investigative journalism team Spotlight, which uncovered hundreds of American priests who had been moved to different parishes, instead of being defrocked, after molesting children.
Since the Globe’s initial investigation in 2002, thousands more priest...
- 3/1/2016
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