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11 April 2016

It takes a village to abuse a child’: I got an early tip about a priest who molested children. And I sat on it

I always knew that watching Spotlight was going to be difficult for me, so I kept putting it off. Finally, with my wife out of town last week, I sprawled on the family-room floor with my two big dogs and steeled myself to view the Oscar-winning film about the investigation of sexual abuse in Boston’s Catholic Church. I was glad Patricia was away. I didn’t want her to see my tears.
As the next two hours crawled by, I was consumed by three emotions: admiration for the Boston Globe’s investigative team, pride in the journalism profession I have laboured in for more than four decades — and guilt.

http://www.vancouversun.com/news/world/98it+takes+village+abuse+child+early+about+priest+molested/11842727/story.html