Walter V. “Robby” Robinson is editor-at-large of the Boston Globe. Raised Catholic, Mr. Robinson attended Boston College High School and Northeastern University. In 2001-02, he led the Spotlight Team’s investigation
that uncovered the extent of clergy sex abuse and cover-ups in the
Archdiocese of Boston, winning a Pulitzer Prize for these stories which
led to the resignation of Cardinal Bernard Law and triggered a wider
awareness of sexual abuse in addition to multiple class action lawsuits
against Catholic dioceses around the nation. His team’s investigation of
clergy sex abuse in Boston was depicted in the Oscar-winning film “Spotlight” (2015), in which actor Michael Keaton played him.
