INDIA
Daiji World
By Sugandha Rawal
New Delhi, Oct 22 (IANS): “Spotlight” — a film which infused life into an award-winning investigative teams story that exposed a Catholic paedophile scandal involving priests in Boston — was named as the Best Picture at the Oscars this year. And Michael Rezendes, one of the journalists who worked on the story, says the relevance of the issue doesnt end with the movie.
In the film, Tom McCarthy’s dramatic depiction shows the whole process of the 2002 investigation that blew open the child sex abuse in the Catholic Church and also puts in the spotlight the emotions that the journalists went through as it questioned their faith and religion. The investigative team of The Boston Globe won the Pulitzer Prize in 2003 for the story.
“The clergy sex abuse topic is very relevant today. The Catholic Church has taken some steps to deal with these issues, but I think the church has a long way to go, particularly outside the United States. American bishops have adopted a zero-tolerance policy when it comes to sex abuse.
That has not been adopted by others around the world,” Rezendes told IANS on the phone from Boston.
“The Vatican, in fact, 15 years later, is still studying the issue but has not come out with anything. I think the issue is very much alive. One of the reasons that I love the movie is because it puts the spotlight on the issue,” he added.
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