Spotlight Synopsis

For my outside humanities project, I watched the movie Spotlight. Spotlight is a 2015 biographical drama film about the Boston Globe’s Spotlight team’s investigation on the continuous case of Catholic priests sexually abusing children. For several of decades priests of the Catholic Church had been sexually abusing children without the outside world knowing of their secret. It wasn't until the Boston Globe’s editor retired from many years of service and a new editor stepped up to the plate. The new editor Marty Baron, along with the editor of Spotlight team Walter “Robby” Robinson, took up the investigation on how certain priests have been reported in sexually abusing children for several years. After a few years of research and hardships, the Spotlight were finally able to reveal the truth and publish their work in 2002 about the vicious actions the priests in the Catholic Church were committing. In the end, the Spotlight team were able to reveal at least 271 priests who sexually abused
The following Friday my mom and I decided to rent the movie to see what it was all about. Before watching the movie we understood the basics of it. The idea that priests were sexually abusing children and the team Spotlight of the Boston Globe were able to reveal to the world about the actions of these priests of the Catholic Church. However, it was so much more than that. Within the first few minutes of the movie, my mom and I were engrossed in the story. We learned that it took a few years until the story was published. After a few years of investigation, Spotlight was able to publish their story, revealing not only the idea on how priests sexually abused children but also how several people worked to keep it a secret for decades. Another reason why I chose to watch this film was the fact that I am Catholic and how that I wanted to become aware of the truth within the Catholic Church, no matter good or