The film Spotlight (2015) dramatizes The Boston Globe’s spotlight team’s investigation of the priests’ sexual abuse of children within the Boston Roman Catholic Church. The Spotlight team discovers the many cases of priests who committed sexual abuse, but the lack of justice carried out by law enforcement. They uncover the privately taken care of crimes, often hidden from the public. This film raises important topics of the relationship between church and state, the church’s abuse of power, the lack of justice accomplished by law enforcements , church members, and victims, and the prominence of the Boston Roman Catholic Church within the society.
Spotlight depicts the lack of distinction between God and the church and God and priest in a victim’s eyes. The Boston Roman Catholic Church abuses this inability to differentiate as displayed by a specific scene in Spotlight. When, victim, Phil Saviano approaches the …show more content…
Where should the line be drawn between remaining loyal to the church and the justice that deserves to be served to prominent church figures committing wrongdoings? These problems arise because The Roman Catholic Church possesses a great role in society and power in Boston, inhibiting justice. Victims are afraid of coming forward because of this idea that going against the church means to go against God; the same applies to church members—there is respect that is felt towards the church causing people to fear going against it and to harbor the desire to protect its image. This scandal sheds light on how the Roman Catholic Church in Boston has too much power, which ironically harms the people more than helping them, indicated by the church’s abuse of
Spotlight depicts the lack of distinction between God and the church and God and priest in a victim’s eyes. The Boston Roman Catholic Church abuses this inability to differentiate as displayed by a specific scene in Spotlight. When, victim, Phil Saviano approaches the …show more content…
Where should the line be drawn between remaining loyal to the church and the justice that deserves to be served to prominent church figures committing wrongdoings? These problems arise because The Roman Catholic Church possesses a great role in society and power in Boston, inhibiting justice. Victims are afraid of coming forward because of this idea that going against the church means to go against God; the same applies to church members—there is respect that is felt towards the church causing people to fear going against it and to harbor the desire to protect its image. This scandal sheds light on how the Roman Catholic Church in Boston has too much power, which ironically harms the people more than helping them, indicated by the church’s abuse of