The film Spotlight has just opened in many countries. It is one of the angriest films you will ever see.In the Bible we hear about righteous anger, where God or humanity realises something is so wrong that “holy anger” is the first and right response. At its best, in the Scriptures this anger leads to justice, to making things right. Spotlight is an occasion for holy, righteous anger and every adult Catholic should see it. Not because it is easy watching, but because it is necessary watching. The time to look away has gone.The first meaning of this film’s title refers to the team of award-winning investigative journalists at The Boston Globe. In the late 1990s they become aware of Catholic priests who had been accused of child sexual abuse. They unearth evidence that the
11 February 2016, The Tablet
Whether we like it or not, now we are all in the spotlight. And there is nowhere to hide
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