Hollywood hypocrites celebrated the movie Spotlight last Sunday night, a film about an investigation into the institutional cover up of pedophilia.
No, not the sort of institutional pedophilia that ended in the suicide death of sexually abused child star Corey Haim. And no, not the under-reported pedophilia in public schools documented by Hofstra University researcher Charol Shakeshaft and others: “[T]hink the Catholic Church has a problem?” she said. “The physical sexual abuse of students in schools is likely more than 100 times the abuse by priests.” Those sorts of films would be truly brave endeavors.
And, no, not homosexual pedophilia by rich Democrat donors (ignored by the lefty-media) who can buy their way out of a scandal and prosecution. We’re talking about pederasty by priests, and those who covered it up, people who, like Republicans, are not protected by the institutional left.
Wikipedia | The film (Spotlight) follows The Boston Globe‘s “Spotlight” team, the oldest continuously operating newspaper investigative journalist unit in the United States,[6] and its investigation into cases of widespread and systemic child sex abuse in the Boston area by numerous Roman Catholic priests.
Boston Cardinal Sean O’Malley had nothing but praise for the media’s role in exposing the abuse and the attention this film brings to that.
Spotlight is an important film for all impacted by the tragedy of clergy sexual abuse. By providing in-depth reporting on the history of the clergy sexual abuse crisis, the media led the Church to acknowledge the crimes and sins of its personnel and to begin to address its failings, the harm done to victims and their families and the needs of survivors. In a democracy such as ours, journalism is essential to our way of life. The media’s role in revealing the sexual abuse crisis opened a door through which the Church has walked in responding to the needs of survivors.
Protecting children and providing support for survivors and their families must be a priority in all aspects of the life of the Church.
We are committed to vigilant implementation of policies and procedures for preventing the recurrence of the tragedy of the abuse of children. These include comprehensive child safety education programs, mandatory background checks and safe environments training, mandatory reporting to and cooperating with civil authorities with regard to allegations of abuse, and caring for survivors and their families through the Office of Pastoral Support and Outreach. The Archdiocese consistently provides counselling and medical services for survivors and family members who seek our help and we remain steadfast in that commitment. We continue to seek the forgiveness of all who have been harmed by the tragedy of clergy sexual abuse and pray that each day the Lord may guide us on the path toward healing and renewal.
This was a problem that needed to be dealt with and Spotlight (The investigative journalists) did the Church and the world a service by digging in and reporting on the perpetrators, and the cover-up.
So when do journalists and the Hollywood elite begin a dogged pursuit of the much more significant problem of child sexual assault by public educators?
Where do actors like Mark Ruffalo–a screaming left-winger by all accounts, any of the cast and crew, director Tom McCarthy, or even the Catholic Church stand on preventing the massive sexual abuse of children by school teachers and administrators, hidden or ignored by school boards, superintendents, teacher’s unions, and even state and federal regulators and legislators?
If the problem is, as at least minimally reported, even close to 100 times the abuse by priests, then shouldn’t these same people be “committed to vigilant implementation of policies and procedures for preventing the recurrence of the tragedy of the abuse of children“? Children placed daily into the care of government employees tasked with shaping their intellectual and emotional futures.
Would anyone in media have the courage to investigate this and make it a priority to report on it night after night until something was done to change it?
Would anyone in Hollywood have the ‘courage’ to create a film about the investigation or the past, present, and ongoing sexual abuse of children by public educators “100 times the abuse by priests“?
Would the Academy vote that Best Picture or is acting to end the sexual abuse of children only worthy of such accolades when it advances a suitable progressive narrative?
