"Spotlight" movie has raised a bit of controversy as it depicts the investigations of Boston Globe to cases of sexual abuse by Catholic Priest.
According to artery.wbur.org, the film had a local release in Boston on Wednesday and the weather was as sad as the film's focus of story: "extensive investigation into widespread pedophilia in the Boston Archdiocese."
Mark Ruffalo, who plays Globe Spotlight reporter Michael Rezendes, said "It's been a much more sober press line than anywhere else we've been, except for Venice, which may as well be the second seat of Catholicism."
"This is where, for this story, the victims are. This is where the people that we're playing are. This is where the Globe is. This is where it counts, you know?" he said.
Walter Robinson was the one who led the investigation on the Archdiocese controversy. He said "I feel right now we're sort of standing on the shore and there's this tsunami approaching and the tsunami is a film. And we're beginning to realize that a film that's honest in its portrayal of a serious issue can probably do as much and more - I hate to admit this - to raise public consciousness about important issues than the printed word can. And I'm trying to adjust myself to that fact," in which Marty Baron, Former Globe Editor, agreed to.
Marty said "We need to hold our powerful institutions accountable. We need to hold our powerful individuals accountable. This was a local story, it started with a local case and it became national and then international, and there are these big national and international stories in our own backyards and we need to pursue them."
According to bostonglobe.com, Cardinal Sean P. O'Malley said that the film shows "a very painful time" in lives of those involved as well as the church history. He also added that the church is constantly seeking for forgiveness from those aggrieved and he will stay committed to his efforts of ridding the church of abusive priests.
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