Wednesday at the Boston premiere for the film those Globe reporters walked the red carpet alongside the Hollywood stars.
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Mark Ruffalo played spotlight reporter Michael Rezendes. Tom McCarthy’s drama about the Boston Globe special report team that broke the Catholic Church sex abuse scandal is a masterful ode to shoe leather journalism. For many, this movie will draw unwanted publicity to the Catholic Church but I, a former Catholic parish priest, welcome the attention.
“For us the more people we talked to – and we used little tape recorders just like you guys did – and it was incredibly useful because we were trying to get Phil Saviano right, you want to have his words”, Singer said.
Getting it right and moving the story forward.
Ben Bradlee Jr. says, “We hope the movie gives victims the courage to come out and tell their story”.
And one victim, Saviano, of the priest abuse survivor group SNAP, says he believes the filmmakers did the true story justice.
In a statement, the Archdiocese of Boston acknowledged the crimes committed by clergy and the cover up by church leaders.
“I’m hoping that the film will serve as an incentive for the Vatican to get more serious about putting measures in place to hold bishops accountable and to protect children”, he said.
The scandal led to the resignation of Cardinal Bernard Law and settlements with hundreds of people who were abused as children.
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Robinson is talking about issues like the abuse of children, but also the importance of investigative journalism to expose such tragedies. No words can take away the impact or pain. The efforts of the Archdiocese of Boston continue to focus on ministering to those who have been harmed and in insuring that these crimes never occur again.
