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In 1976, at a Boston Police station, two policemen discuss the arrest of Fr. John Geoghan for child molestation. A high-ranking cleric talks to the mother of the victimized children. An assistant district attorney then enters the precinct and tells the policemen not to let the press learn what has happened. The arrest is not publicized and Geoghan is released.

Investigating the Silence

In 2001, Marty Baron, the new managing editor of The Boston Globe, meets Walter “Robby” Robinson, the editor of the newspaper’s “Spotlight” investigative team. After Baron reads a Globe article about a lawyer, Mitchell Garabedian, charging that Cardinal Bernard Law, the Archbishop of Boston, knew about Geoghan’s sexual abuse of children and did nothing to stop it, Baron urges the Spotlight team to investigate. Journalist Michael Rezendes contacts Garabedian, who initially declines to be interviewed.

Though he is told not to, Rezendes reveals that he is on the Spotlight team and convinces Garabedian to talk. Initially believing that they are following the story of one priest who was moved to new assignments several times, the Spotlight team begins to uncover a pattern of sexual abuse by other priests in Massachusetts and an ongoing cover-up by the Boston Archdiocese.

Unveiling the Truth

Through Phil Saviano, who heads the victims’ rights group Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAP), the team is led to widen their search to thirteen priests. Through their research, the team develops a list of 87 names and finds victims to back up their suspicions. As the team realizes the sheer scale of the investigation, it begins to take a toll on their lives.

When the September 11 attacks occur, the team is forced to de-prioritize the story. They regain momentum when Rezendes learns from Garabedian that there are publicly available documents that confirm Cardinal Law was made aware of the abuse and ignored it. Although Rezendes argues vociferously to run the story immediately, before more victims suffer, Robinson steadfastly refuses.

Exposing the Cover-Up

After the Globe wins a case to have even more legal documents unsealed that provide evidence of a larger picture, the Spotlight team finally begins to write the story and plans to publish their findings in early 2002. As they are about to go to print, Robinson admits that he learned during the investigation that he was sent a list of 20 sexually abusive priests by lawyer Eric MacLeish in 1993, on which Robinson never followed up.

The story goes to print with a web link to the documents that expose Law’s inaction and a phone number for victims of abusive priests. The next morning, the team is inundated with calls from victims coming forward to tell their stories. A textual epilogue notes that Law resigned in December 2002 and presents a list of U.S. and global communities where major scandals involving abuse by priests have taken place.

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