Thank heavens the Boston Globe was brave enough under its new editor Marty Baron in 2001 to release serious investigative reporting regarding the cover up of improprieties of 6% of Boston's Priests regarding child molestation. In Boston alone there were1000 victims. Cardinal Law (Archbishop of Boston) ignored the knowledge of the guilty priests who were transferred to different parishes for over 30 years. Imagine eventually the Cardinal was not only transferred but promoted to the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome.
It is a shocking true story whose scandals were/have been repeated world wide. Put this on your viewing list if you also have missed seeing it.
It is an incredible story of power and those who want to protect it no matter what harm it does to the weakest among us. It also shows how important newspapers can be and are needed in our society. So much has been lost in the names of power and money.
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ReplyDeleteIt was a very powerful film and I applaud their courage to get to the top of the problem. Unfortunately, this seems to be continuing yet. Now that the former Speaker of the House has been arrested for being a serial pedophile it should be no surprise that this behavior and power seem to go hand in hand.
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