It's been more than a decade since a unit of Boston Globe reporters known as the “Spotlight" team exposed 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, where she works on the Betrayed by Silence news investigation
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John Dankosky, Diane Orson, and Chion Wolf contributed to this show.