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Clergy sex abuse: The movie
By William Wan
As the clerical abuse scandal continues to spread across Europe and South America, this Interesting tidbit came across the wire this morning: The group of Boston Globe reporters who reported the story on the U.S. scandals in 2002 just inked a deal with movie producers.
According to Deadline New York, the film being developed would be in the vein of All the President's Men , the story following Post reporters Woodward and Bernstein as they pieced together the burglary coverup by Nixon and company.
Interestingly, Post editor Ben Bradlee -- who oversaw Woodward and Bernstein's work and provided key drama to the movie version (portrayed by Jason Robards) -- has a son Ben Bradlee, Jr., who worked on the Globe's priest investigation. Bradlee Jr. is one of the journalists who will be cooperating with movie.
William Wan
| April 30, 2010; 1:37 PM ET | Category: Under God Save & Share:
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Posted by: dangerous1 | April 30, 2010 5:35 PM
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This really isn't a bad idea what with there being so many attempts at revisionist history.
The "American" problem has gone global, has morphed into a global problem. Well not exactly. It could not have been anything else; all the markers were there and this should lead to an examination of the underlying causes, the flaws, the corruption in the system.
What was it/what continues in many ways, in church structures that indicated to the episcopacy around the world that they had license to act the way they did to protect, lie, cover up, do whatever it took, to protect the good name and reputation known sexual predators at the cost of the souls and bodies of innocent children?
Perhaps now that this "American problem" has gone global, now that the parameters of this pandemic of childhood sexual abuse in which the Roman Catholic Church is so heavily involved, there will be serious investigations of the collusion of leadership in it.
HOLDING CLERGY AND CHURCH LEADERS ACCOUNTABLE BEFORE THE LAW
Professor Marci Hamilton and Sister Maureen Paul Turlish on NPR's Radio Times on WHYY Philadelphia 04/12/2010
http://whyy.org/cms/radiotimes/2010/04/12/holding-clergy-and-church-leaders-legally-accountable-for-child-abuse/
Sister Maureen Paul Turlish
Victims' Advocate
New Castle, Delaware
maureenpaulturlish@yahoo.com
Posted by: SMPTURLISH | May 1, 2010 7:23 AM
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This sounds interesting.
I hope that people from all over the United States who were investigating and dealing with this issue first will be included as our work was just as important as the work done in Boston.. some of us started in the early 80's and have remaind faithful to exposing the evil of child and adult rape by catholic priests and the cover up.. we also know that females are victims of priests too and we want that truth included.
thanks