Steven Greydanus (decentfilms.com) is a film reviewer whose point of view I greatly respect. I commend him to you. He is also a Roman Catholic. His take on Spotlight (a movie we’ve discussed here and here) as a Roman Catholic is worth noting.
Recently, this was posted to Twitter by a Father Kevin Cusick:
Spotlight places in @DecentFilms top 10: I found it a bit shallow on abuse cause, superficial in treatment of Church
Greydanus (@DecentFilms), over several tweets, responded with this:
FWIW, Catholic response to #Spotlight has been positive. http://bit.ly/1RNfhC7
As with any historical film, one can take issue with Spotlight on individual points (I do).
It’s important to recognize that Spotlight presents subjective experiences/opinions of characters…
…who helped expose abuse/coverup. Sadly, these journalists etc. were mostly alienated from the Church…
…because church leaders and others in the Church didn’t take responsibility for cleaning up our own house.
If church leaders had done their job, we would control the narrative. They didn’t and we don’t.
Despite their anti-Church animus, the [Boston] Globe reporters did us a service. The film is their story, not ours.
His full review is here.