IRELAND
The Journal
UNTIL QUITE RECENTLY, the influence of the Catholic Church in Ireland could be felt in every town across the country.
The Church was respected, and somewhat feared, with the local priest being one of the most powerful people in the community who was never to be questioned.
After countless reports and tribunals into decades of systemic abuse within the Church, Irish people know all too well the devastating aftermath that relationship has had on communities.
It is something small Irish towns and villages have in common with the city of Boston.
The new award-winning Hollywood movie, Spotlight, starring Michael Keaton, Mark Ruffalo, Stanley Tucci and Rachel McAdams, focuses on the Pulitzer Prize-winning investigation carried out by the Boston Globe newspaper into the Catholic Church’s cover-up of child-molesting priests.
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