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Portland Phoenix

Francis Flisiuk

Spotlight opened in theaters this month, with a gripping realistic story that showed audiences snippets of a process we don’t usually see: what it takes to uncover, research and write a groundbreaking piece of investigative journalism.

The film tells the true story of the Boston Globe’s Spotlight team, who investigated allegations in 2001 that the Roman Catholic Church was involved in covering up the cases of dozens of pedophile priests over the decades. The team of six (played by Mark Ruffalo, Rachel McAdams, Stanley Tucci, John Slattery, Michael Keaton and Billy Crudup) dug up proof by demanding public records, pestering abuse lawyers, and interviewing victims, that the Catholic Church and the Boston Archdiocese deliberately knew that over 200 priests were molesting children for years.

Despite the lurid nature of the story, the film spares viewers from flashbacks that detail the awful moments when…