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By Nigel Hunt, CBC News Posted: Nov 13, 2015
The new movie Spotlight puts the focus on an endangered species: the investigative journalist.
In the summer of 2001, the Boston Globe’s newly appointed editor ordered the paper’s special in-depth reporting team (known as Spotlight) to follow up on a column about a local priest accused of sexually abusing children.
In the process, the journalists uncovered numerous other victims and dozens of additional priests accused of sexual assault who were being protected by the Catholic Church.
After months of digging and tracking down victims, their exposé — published in January 2002 — shocked Boston and led to similar revelations across the country and around the world.
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