ARKANSAS
Arkansas Catholic
PUBLISHED: SEPTEMBER 12, 2016
BY DWAIN HEBDA
ARKANSAS CATHOLIC
When the movie “Spotlight” won the Best Picture Oscar earlier this year, some Catholics may have rolled their eyes given the movie’s true-story subject matter. Based on the Boston Globe’s uncovering of the priest sex scandal there and the archdiocese’s attempts to cover it up, it seemed to the uninitiated another case of Hollywood rewarding films that kicked around the Universal Church.
Bishop Anthony B. Taylor was not one of those people.
“I saw the movie, and I thought it was well done,” he said. “It wasn’t about something in the Church that we can be especially proud of, but I thought it represented what happened and how the reporters did their jobs in a way that didn’t overly-sensationalize things.”
Bishop Taylor’s assessment of the film was shared by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, and sums up the attitude he’s brought to the Diocese of Little Rock. In his eight years in Arkansas, Bishop Taylor has made proper conduct between the clergy and the Catholic faithful a top priority.
“One of the most important obligations I have here in the diocese is to ensure the relationship between our clergy and our faithful is appropriate in every way,” Bishop Taylor said. “It’s not a particularly enjoyable part of the role of bishop, but it’s absolutely necessary for people to feel connected to the Church and know that their children are safe.”
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