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In early 2002, The Boston Globe published results of an investigation that led to the criminal prosecutions of five Roman Catholic priests and thrust the sexual abuse of minors by Catholic clergy into the national spotlight.
Nov 3, 2015 · Here, we bring you the first story about the Catholic Church’s sexual abuse scandal that was published by The Boston Globe’s Spotlight team in 2002. For three decades, the Catholic...
Apr 21, 2010 · How the Boston Globe exposed the abuse scandal that rocked the Catholic church | Catholicism | The Guardian. In December 2002, Cardinal Bernard Law resigned after documents showed that,...
Jan 13, 2016 · A Boston Globe investigation into widespread child abuse by Catholic clergy has been turned into a new film starring Mark Ruffalo and Rachel McAdams. The Pulitzer-winning team talk small-town...
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Oct 27, 2015 · BOSTON (AP) — It was a scandal that shook the Roman Catholic Church to its core: Hundreds of priests molested children for decades and got away with it because church leaders covered it...
Learn about the clergy sex abuse scandal in the Boston Archdiocese and its impact on the Catholic Church’s influence in the city from a journalist who covered the story for the Boston Globe. Readings, movies, and links to resources are provided to help you understand the scandal and its aftermath.
Paul Richard Shanley (January 25, 1931 [1] – October 28, 2020) was an American Roman Catholic priest who became the center of a massive sexual abuse scandal in the Archdiocese of Boston in Massachusetts.