Richard
Sipe’s studies of celibacy helped uncover the Catholic Church’s scandal. In the new movie “Spotlight,” a character describes Richard Sipe as a “hippie ex-priest shacking up with some nun.”
When the real Sipe heard this line, he laughed. The 82-year-old La Jollan is often called worse: Traitor. Sipe never appears on screen in “Spotlight,” a dramatization of the Boston Globe’s 2001-02 investigation of the Catholic Church covering up the crimes of pedophile priests. Yet his insights, formed after decades of research on priests, permeate the film.
http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/2015/nov/20/richard-sipe-spotlight-sex-abuse/
When the real Sipe heard this line, he laughed. The 82-year-old La Jollan is often called worse: Traitor. Sipe never appears on screen in “Spotlight,” a dramatization of the Boston Globe’s 2001-02 investigation of the Catholic Church covering up the crimes of pedophile priests. Yet his insights, formed after decades of research on priests, permeate the film.
http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/2015/nov/20/richard-sipe-spotlight-sex-abuse/