Spotlight perhaps is more known from the movie at the same title, surely is easier to follow. To pretend everything is an attack on Church to dismiss suffering of victims of abuse and violence. That level of hypocrisy is hard to swallow. I assume it was easier that way, just shift the guilt upon others and pretend to be the victim oneself. And the voices of victims and their families and supporters frequently called unworthy and untrustworthy or simply offensive towards the Church and attacking the Catholics and their religious faith. What terrifies me the most is the fact how easily everything could be denied or manipulated and brushed under the carpet. I was devastated to see victims bullied or abashed, demeaned or pointed as guilty for what had happened to them while perpetrators quietly, without much fuss were moved to another city and parish to complete ignorance of new parishioners thus the vicious circle of abuse and injustice could whirl again and again. Yes, shocked at the scale of depravity, cynicism and attempts to cover everything up but sadly not surprised. I might not be aware of every case presented there but as a wholeness I wasn't astonished at all. Well, I haven't learned anything new from the read.
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