FLORIDA
Florida Times-Union

I choked up the first time I watched the movie “Spotlight.”

And the second and the third.

The Oscar-winning movie hit home in three areas.

First, it’s about journalism. That’s been my only career since realizing in high school that this is what I wanted. I’ve been a lucky guy to love my work.

Second, it’s about the Roman Catholic faith. I am a cradle Catholic. I would ascribe any success in life to intense loyalty to faith and family — the two are intertwined. I spent 12 years in Catholic schools, including one year in a Franciscan seminary. My faith keeps me centered.

Third, I am a former movie reviewer, so I appreciated the difficulty of putting the unglamorous work of investigative journalism onto a big screen. Digging through dusty old rosters of priests is real life.

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