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Spotlight by Hope Madden The Catholic Church sex abuse scandal — phenomenon, really — is a difficult cinematic subject to handle with integrity.

Director and co-writer Tom McCarthy takes a daunting, emotional topic — The Boston Globe's breakthrough reporting on the Catholic Church sex abuse scandal — and gets his arms around it in a clear - eyed yet propulsive manner.

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The Catholic Church sex abuse scandal — phenomenon, really — is a difficult cinematic subject to handle with integrity.

They immediately answered that the church sex abuse scandal had a huge impact on the attendance of churches throughout the region.

However, given the potential for a so - called «Oscar bump,» the film about the Boston journalists who uncovered a Catholic Church sex abuse scandal could see an increase in ticket sales following Sunday night's win.

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But as the sex abuse scandal continues to embroil the Roman Catholic Church in more than a half - dozen countries across Europe - and with allegations being raised that the pope himself responded inadequately to abuse allegations before he began leading the church in 2005 - Benedict's anniversary celebration has been overshadowed by international scrutiny of his leadeChurch in more than a half - dozen countries across Europe - and with allegations being raised that the pope himself responded inadequately to abuse allegations before he began leading the church in 2005 - Benedict's anniversary celebration has been overshadowed by international scrutiny of his leadechurch in 2005 - Benedict's anniversary celebration has been overshadowed by international scrutiny of his leadership.

For several years, we've seen major church groups caught in sex - abuse scandals.

It's not just the sex abuse scandal, and not just the average American Catholic's disregard of Church teaching on contraception and divorce, though these don't help.

He also criticizes the cultural inwardness of contemporary Ireland and laments the awful sex - abuse scandals from which the Irish church has yet to recover.

New York (CNN)- A decade after the sex abuse scandal that plagued the Catholic Church across the country, retired Cardinal Edward Egan has taken back his apology for how the church handled the Church across the country, retired Cardinal Edward Egan has taken back his apology for how the church handled the church handled the issue.

Cardinal William Levada said Benedict, before becoming pope, enacted many of the reforms that followed the eruption of the church's sex - abuse scandal a decade ago.

She writes, «After all, there are charges of sex abuse that prove to be true» just look at the scandal that has overtaken the Roman Catholic Church.»

(CNN)- The Roman Catholic Church is willing to partner with American educational institutions to educate the public about child sex abuse after the Penn State scandal, according to the head of the U.S. cChurch is willing to partner with American educational institutions to educate the public about child sex abuse after the Penn State scandal, according to the head of the U.S. churchchurch.

In recent years, the Church has been blighted by financial misdemeanours, abuses of power and sex scandals.

With the new «normalization» of homosexuality in the general culture, with the acceptance of that normalization by many priests and not a few bishops, and with consequences such as the sex abuse scandals, the Church simply can not afford to take the risks that were taken, frequently with the best intentions, in the past.

CNN: Retired New York Cardnal Egan retracts apology on Catholic priest sex abuse A decade after the sex abuse scandal that plagued the Catholic Church across the country, retired Cardinal Edward Egan has taken back his apology for how the church handled the Church across the country, retired Cardinal Edward Egan has taken back his apology for how the church handled the church handled the issue.

Pope Benedict XVI made one of his strongest statements to date on the sex abuse scandal sweeping the Roman Catholic Church, saying Tuesday the reality he has seen is «terrifying.»

Belfast, Northern Ireland (CNN)- A respected former Catholic bishop in Ireland is calling for an end to clerical celibacy in the wake of the sex abuse scandals that have rocked the church worldwide, and says he finds it «heartbreaking» that some prospective priests turn away from the calling because of the celibacy rule.

Boston attorney Mitchell Garabedian, who made his name battling the Catholic Church in sex scandal cases, is bringing his high profile to Buffalo in search of sex abuse clients there.

Thirty - four Chilean bishops announced their resignation Friday over a child sex abuse scandal within the Church in Chile that has come to haunt the reign of Pope Francis.

Mueller had also been caught up in the controversy surrounding the Church's response to the clerical sex abuse scandal after his department was accused earlier this year of obstructing Francis's efforts to stop internal cover - ups of abuse.

Alfonsi came to CBS News from the CBS - Owned station WBZ - TV in Boston, where she covered the Catholic Church sex - abuse scandal, the Michael Skakel trial, the historic Rhode Island nightclub fire and served as substitute anchor.

She verbally shreds those who urge her, with increasing reproach, to remove the billboards, from using church sex - abuse scandals to silence a nagging priest to outsmarting cops» attempts at coercion.

The Roman Catholic Church's priest sex abuse scandal erupted in Boston, and the film follows the Boston Globe's investigative journalists as they uncover perpetrators and victims.

With its top - notch ensemble cast including Mark Ruffalo, Michael Keaton and Rachel McAdams, director Tom McCarthy's journalism procedural wowed audiences in Venice and Telluride with its depiction of a team of Boston Globe reporters uncovering the Catholic Church's sex - abuse scandal.

«Spotlight» Turning journalistic legwork into an engrossing procedural drama is no easy feat — try watching «Truth» for an example of how to do it badly — and this engrossing story of Boston Globe reporters exposing the Catholic Church sex - abuse scandal juggles characters, incidents, names, and places with aplomb, with fury and with compassion.

Spotlight, the feature film account of how The Boston Globe broke a major series of stories about the Catholic Church's child sex abuse scandal that encompassed «not just Boston, it's the whole country, the whole world» as one character puts it, figured prominently at Deadline's The Contenders event Saturday.

In his latest documentary, Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God, Oscar winning director Alex Gibney delves into the horrific scandal of child sex abuse in the Roman Catholic Church.

«If the sex abuse scandal had never occurred, the Catholic Church in the United States would still face a crisis,» says religion writer Peter Steinfels.

The Catholic Church plays a significant role in the growing number of child sex abuse claims, especially with all the scandals and cover - ups.