There’s a scene in the movie Spotlight when Boston Globe reporter Matt Carroll, played by actor Brian d’Arcy James, realizes that a “rehab facility” for priests accused of sexual abuse is located around the corner from his own house.

“Oh, s--t,” Carroll says in the movie. Which is what he said in real life when he made the discovery in his West Roxbury home 14 years ago.

“I’m not exactly sure what the script said,” Carroll said. “But as they were filming, Brian (d’Arcy James) said, ‘What did you actually say when you realized [that house] was around the corner?’ And I said, ‘I probably said oh, s--t.’ And that’s the line they used in the movie.”

While his exclamation is accurate, Carroll said the rest of the scene isn’t totally true. The house that Carroll discovered wasn’t actually a rehab facility. It was the home of Father John J. Geoghan, a priest accused of sexually assaulting more than 130 boys. Geoghan was eventually convicted of a single count of molesting a boy at a public swimming pool and later murdered by his prison cellmate.

The house in question is now owned by Michael Loney, who works for the Boston Police Department.

Loney is aware of the history, though. He grew up in Boston and attended a Catholic school where Geoghan was one of the priests. The house had been Geoghan’s childhood home. The priest lived there again after he was defrocked before he went to prison, Loney said.

The last person to live there before Loney bought the place was Geoghan’s sister, Catherine Geoghan, who died about a year ago after being sick for some time, he said. The house sat vacant for some time until Loney bought it this year.

“I think between her illness and what happened with John, [Catherine] kind of became a recluse,” Loney said. “The house was in disrepair, sold on as-is basis.”

Loney currently lives nearby and plans to move in once renovations to the house on the 12,400 square foot lot is finished.

“There’s no story on my end,” Loney said. “I’m aware of some history, but the world has a history. It’s irrelevant because of the real estate. It’s a beautiful home, a beautiful property.”

For Carroll, however, there was a story. He wasn’t all that familiar with the neighborhood in 2001, having lived there for only a few years. So when he found Geoghan’s address that night, he didn’t immediately know where it was.

“I pulled out a paper map,” Carroll said. “And I’m thinking, ‘Where is Pelton Street in West Roxbury?’ And I looked at it, and it was around the corner from my house.”

Just like in the movie, Carroll ran outside, turned the corner and found himself standing in front of Geoghan’s house. So he went home, put a picture of Geoghan on the fridge and gathered his children, who were then aged 12, 10, eight, and six.

“If you see this guy, run,” he told them.