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    Betrayal: The Crisis in the Catholic Church: The findings of the investigation that inspired the major motion picture Spotlight
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    Betrayal: The Crisis in the Catholic Church: The findings of the investigation that inspired the major motion picture Spotlight
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    Betrayal: The Crisis in the Catholic Church: The findings of the investigation that inspired the major motion picture Spotlight
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    Betrayal: The Crisis in the Catholic Church: The findings of the investigation that inspired the major motion picture Spotlight

    Written by The Investigative Staff of the Boston Globe

    Narrated by Paul Boehmer

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    About this audiobook

    Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service

    The story behind this groundbreaking book--one of the most significant works of investigative journalism since Woodward and Bernstein's reporting on Watergate--has been brought brilliantly to life on the screen in the major new movie Spotlight, winner of the Academy Award for Best Picture.

    Here are the devastating revelations that triggered a crisis within the Catholic Church. Here is the truth about the scores of abusive priests who preyed upon innocent children and the cabal of senior Church officials who covered up their crimes. Here is the trail of "hush money" that the Catholic Church secretly paid to buy victims' silence--deeds that left millions of the faithful in the U.S. and around the world shocked, angry, and confused. Here as well is a vivid account of the ongoing struggle, as Catholics confront their Church and call for sweeping change.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHachette Audio
    Release dateOct 27, 2015
    ISBN9781478964667
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    Betrayal: The Crisis in the Catholic Church: The findings of the investigation that inspired the major motion picture Spotlight
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    The Investigative Staff of the Boston Globe

    The Boston Globe is one of the largest daily newspapers in America and in November 2001 they petitioned the Massachusetts Superior Court and forced the Boston Archdiocese to release secret documents - and won.

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    • 4/5
      The Roman Catholic Church has a problem, it hasn't faced up to it's responsibilities as well as it's power, it has got too complacent and not realised that it needs to change, needs to clean up it's act and face up to a spiderman moment and realise that with absolute power comes absolute responsibility. It's chickens have come home to roost and there needs to be root and branch changes if it wants to survive. If an organisation wanted to destroy itself from within it could take lessons from the Catholic Church because it's doing a stellar job.This is an account of what happened when investigators started asking questions, looking into cover up after cover up and asking the awkward questions and it was tough to listen to.
    • 4/5
      An amalgamation of the articles about the Boston priestly sex scandal. Excellent reporting.
    • 5/5
      Great book. Just horrified by how the Catholic Church allowed these predators to feast on those poor children. Shame on them all.
    • 4/5
      This book is heartrending and sickening in its exposure of a major coverup by administration of the Catholic Church over abuses of adolescent boys by priests. The Boston Globe has done a masterful job setting the stage and explaining the problems of tracking down this series of atrocities and tracing them to their roots. An eye-opening read. As a person of faith (though not Catholic) who also seeks to pursue social justice, I was especially struck by the people who stayed in the church but sought to reform and improve it.
    • 5/5
      I live near Boston, so I thought it was important that I learn this history.
      This book is direct and hits hard without getting into sentimentality. The most compelling evidence is the documents they provide at the end.
      I don't think this book pretends to know what will happen to the Boston Irish community going forward or what should happen. No prescriptives here. Just clear reporting.