IRELAND
Newstalk
Stephen McNeice
A Boston Globe journalist responsible for uncovering sexual abuse in the city at the hands of the Catholic Church says they realised the scale of the issue within days of starting research.
Walter Robinson was leader of the ‘Spotlight’ team that went on to win a Pulitzer Prize for Public Service.
In 2002, they launched an investigation into reports that children were being abused by priests.
The team went on to unveil a cover-up involving dozens of clergy members within the Boston Roman Catholic Archdiocese.
Their work is now portrayed in the Oscar-nominated film Spotlight, which is due on Irish cinema screens on January 29th. Michael Keaton plays Robinson in the film.
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