The Australian bishops warned it makes uncomfortable viewing but is an opportunity to re-double efforts to support victims. Two Australian bishops have encouraged Catholics to see the film Spotlight, while warning it makes uncomfortable viewing.
Archbishop Timothy Costelloe of Perth said the film about The Boston Globe's uncovering of sex abuse in the Catholic Church in Boston Archdiocese "is an opportunity for all of us in the Church to acknowledge the extent to which some of our brothers and sisters, including our leaders, have failed so badly, also here in Australia, to be the signs and bearers of God's love and compassion they were expected, and appointed, to be.
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Archbishop Timothy Costelloe of Perth said the film about The Boston Globe's uncovering of sex abuse in the Catholic Church in Boston Archdiocese "is an opportunity for all of us in the Church to acknowledge the extent to which some of our brothers and sisters, including our leaders, have failed so badly, also here in Australia, to be the signs and bearers of God's love and compassion they were expected, and appointed, to be.
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