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Sky News (Australia)
A victim of abuse by a Catholic priest, whose story is the focus of the Oscar contender Spotlight, says the Vatican is still failing to tackle the scandal.
Phil Saviano was repeatedly assaulted, along with several school friends, by a priest in their small home town near Boston in the 1960s.
He revealed his abuse in the 1990s and a decade later handed the dossiers of information to the Boston Globe’s ‘Spotlight’ investigations team.
Their work uncovered evidence that the church in Boston was aware of abuse by dozens of priests and had sought to keep it quiet.
The movie Spotlight, starring Michael Keaton, Mark Ruffalo and Rachel McAdams, is regarded as a favourite to land the Academy Award for Best Picture at Sunday’s ceremony.
Mr Saviano, who still lives in Boston, told Sky News he has been disappointed by the Vatican’s response to the now-global scandal.
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