Priests in Peril #4: Tom McCarthy’s Spotlight
Sunday Apr 24, 2022 @ 1:30 PM Central Time
The last in our series on “priests in peril,” Spotlight is about the Boston Globe‘s tenacious team of reporters as they delve into allegations of abuse in the Catholic Church. Their year-long investigation uncovers a decades-long cover-up at the highest levels of Boston’s religious, legal, and government establishment, touching off a wave of revelations around the world. The stellar cast includes Mark Ruffalo, Michael Keaton, Liev Schreiber, Stanley Tucci, Billy Crudup. It was nominated for six Academy Awards and won two, for Best Movie and Best Original Screenplay. (2015, cc, 129 minutes.)