{"id":6261,"date":"2020-05-15T09:51:51","date_gmt":"2020-05-15T13:51:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/?p=6261"},"modified":"2025-07-09T12:41:31","modified_gmt":"2025-07-09T16:41:31","slug":"priests-misconduct","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/2020\/05\/15\/priests-misconduct\/","title":{"rendered":"Priests\u2019 Misconduct"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cSpotlight\u201d is a movie about an investigative journalist group who work for the Boston Globe. They got a story about a priest named John Geoghan who was molesting children in his parish. Michael Rezendes, Matt Carroll and Sacha Pfeiffer were all reporters sent out to interview victims of this abuse. These reporters were determined. They wanted to provide proof that this priest was sexually abusing children of the Roman Catholic Church.<\/p>\n<p>The biggest takeaway from this movie is that sexually abusing people of the Church is not only personally violating them, but it\u2019s also wrong spiritually. The people who attend these churches come to listen to the priests because they\u2019re supposed to be the good guys. Whenever you need advice or anything at all, it\u2019s common that people turn to their priests. So to learn that priests are violating those people\u2019s trust by using them just so that they can abuse them is wrong. Also, John Geoghan wasn\u2019t the only priest who was doing this to his followers. Spotlight discovered that priests were molesting people throughout many Catholic Churches in Massachusetts, the U.S. and beyond.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_6262\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/2020\/05\/15\/priests-misconduct\/cast-of-spotlight\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6262\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6262\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6262\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2020\/05\/Cast-of-Spotlight.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"501\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2020\/05\/Cast-of-Spotlight.jpg 800w, https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2020\/05\/Cast-of-Spotlight-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2020\/05\/Cast-of-Spotlight-768x481.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-6262\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cast of Spotlight.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The reporters at one point in the movie went to a law firm to talk to some lawyers about this scandal. The takeaway in that is that the lawyers knew about what was going on with the priests and they helped to cover it up anyway. Just imagine if it were you who was being molested. How would it make you feel when you find out that people who could have done something about your struggle and your pain chose to do nothing and instead watch you suffer? The average person would not have known about what was happening in the Roman Catholic Church, but the people who suffered obviously knew. These reporters gained the admiration they deserved for uncovering this horrific scandal.<\/p>\n<p>If you choose one movie to watch, make it \u201cSpotlight.\u201d \u00a0It doesn\u2019t even feel like a movie, it feels more like a documentary. It takes you through ups and downs throughout the movie, but it&#8217;s logical and it\u2019s all true to life.\u00a0 Most important, truth and justice prevail.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cSpotlight\u201d is a movie about an investigative journalist group who work for the Boston Globe. They got a story about a priest named John Geoghan who was molesting children in his parish. Michael Rezendes, Matt Carroll and Sacha Pfeiffer were all reporters sent out to interview victims of this abuse. These reporters were determined. 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