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By LYDIA BROWN

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In the early 2000s, a unit of Boston Globe reporters known as the “Spotlight” team uncovered 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…