I won't say a lot about it here. Go and watch it. Seriously. There's not many films that can make me cry these days - but this one did. And before anyone starts - it is *not* an anti-Catholic rant. It's remarkably restrained in a lot of ways. You just don't want to believe what you're seeing in front of you - and all the evidence is that the truth was actually even worse.
Friday 29 January 2016
Spotlight
Today I went to see the film "Spotlight" - the story of the Boston Globe investigation into the sexual abuse scandals in the Boston archdiocese that ultimately forced the resignation of Cardinal Law, and blew the lid off the scale of the abuse scandal in the States.
I won't say a lot about it here. Go and watch it. Seriously. There's not many films that can make me cry these days - but this one did. And before anyone starts - it is *not* an anti-Catholic rant. It's remarkably restrained in a lot of ways. You just don't want to believe what you're seeing in front of you - and all the evidence is that the truth was actually even worse.
I won't say a lot about it here. Go and watch it. Seriously. There's not many films that can make me cry these days - but this one did. And before anyone starts - it is *not* an anti-Catholic rant. It's remarkably restrained in a lot of ways. You just don't want to believe what you're seeing in front of you - and all the evidence is that the truth was actually even worse.
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