"How's that goin?" "The mother's balling and the uncle's pissed off" " She's not married?" " Divorced with four kids." "I guess Father was, helping out." "Helping out?" "Hey Mr Burke, they're in back talking to the bishop." "And Father?" "We put him in the break room" " Any Press?" " Some guy from the citizen, but we sent him away." " None of the big papers." " Let's keep it that way." " Who was that?" " Assistant D.A." "It's gonna be hard to keep them papers away from the arraignment." "Pfft, what arraignment?" "You can tell Father Geoghan I won't be much longer." "Now Sheila, you know what good work ... the Church does in the community..." "And I give you my personal guarantee... that I'm going to take Father out of the parish... and this will never happen again..." " We'll just be another moment Paul." " Of course Father." "Now look Sheila, I'm going to give you my personal card..." "Losing a good reporter, is always tough," "But losing one of our best" "Well to put it as eloquently as I can," "It's a real kick in the ass" "But Robby here has known Stewart longer... than most of you have been alive," "So, I'll hand it off to him." "Robby." "Oh, Well ..." "Thanks Ben, I think." "Although I take issue with your reference to my seniority." "I will say that Stewarts departure... is especially painful for me because..." "For, what Stewart?" "20 years now..." "Stewart's been more than willing to... part with his money at the poker table." " And I've got a kid in College..." " Yeah, but I'm gonna keep playing." "Oh problem solved." "God speed then." "Now Stewart, I find the... timing of your departure disconcerting." "The corner office sits empty, the new editor arrives on Monday," "So I'm sorry buddy but ..." "I gotta ask ya ..." "What the hell do you know?" "How's the cake?" "It's really good, are you saving yours?" "Nah it's for Mike." "I can never eat at those things, they kinda depress me" "I know" " These are your numbers from Washington?" " Yeah, very interesting." " I think so too" " I'm not asking if the P.D. is lying you know they're lying..." "All I'm asking is who's behind it" "Okay, I get it, you don't wanna talk" "No Dan, I'm not mad, I'm hungry" "I've been talking to you so long I didn't eat lunch," "So I'm gonna go get something to eat... and I'll give you an hour to decide, whether you want to be on the right side of this... or read about it like everybody else." "Bye Dan." "You think Kahoe has something?" "Maybe, I just don't think the story is for us." "Ben likes it." "Yeah it's not bad, it's just not Spotlight" " Whats just not Spotlight?" " The P.D. numbers" "The numbers story, feels thin." " Oh, you got Kahoe to talk?" " No, but I will." "Good, then we'll know if it's thin." " How'd it go upstairs?" " Okay." "Robby gave a good speech" "I'm sure he did." "I heard Lubin and Connor are going to The Times." " C'mon really?" " Yeah I heard that." "They're leeching' us." "Well, least they're sending us a guy from Miami to run things, that should help." "Has Baron even spent time in Boston?" "I don't think he's ever been here before." "Maybe we should buy him a map" "I have a friend down in Miama said that he cut 15% of the staff" "Great." "Hey Robby!" "New boss coming in to make some cuts?" "I have no idea." " Aren't you sitting down with him?" " Yes I am." " So is it about Spotlight?" " I don't know Mike," "But I do know that Ben needs an answer on the crime numbers story." "I'm telling you I really dont think that story is for us." "Mr Baron." "Walter Robinson." " Robby." " Thanks for takin' the time out of your weekend" " Oh, it's my pleasure" " Appreciate it" " What are you reading?" " Curse of the Bambino." "Oh, yeah." "Great book, The Globe has... season tickets at Fenway..." "Once you're settled in by the way." "Thank you, to be honest I'm not much of a baseball fan," "I'm just tryin' to get a feel for the city." "Oh, yeah." " So you're orginally from Boston?" " I am, born and raised, yeah." "A lot of the newsroom is from here." "Really feels like a local paper in that way." "And did that change at all after the paper was sold to The Times?" " No." "No I don't think that had a big impact." " Good." "And ..." "You're an editor for the Spotlight team." "I'd prefer to think of myself... as a Player Coach, but yes." "Are you familiar with Spotlight?" "No, not particularly." "Well, we are a 4 person investigative team." "We report to Ben Bradlee Jr. ..." "And we keep our work confidential." " What are you working on now?" " We just put out a piece on a shoddy... construction outfit and right now... we're really just trolling around for our next story." " How long does that typically take?" " Hard to say, a couple of months." " Couple of months?" " Yeah, we don't like to rush it." "Once we settle on a project" "We can spend a year or more investigating it." " Is that a concern?" " Not necessarily" "But from what I understand readership is down, internet is... cutting into the Classified business." "and I think I'm gonna need to take a hard look at things." "So ... you anticipate more cuts?" "I think it's safe to assume so..." "What I'm more focused on right now is... finding a way to make this paper... essential to it's readers." "I like to think it already is." "Fair enough." "I just think that we can do better." " Mr Bradlee." " Hey." " So the P.D. numbers, looks interesting." " Yeah, there's something there." " How long do ya need?" " Another week." " Where are you going?" " The 10:30" "Since when?" " Well, technically I am an editor." " Technically." " Your sit-down with Baron go that well?" " I couldn't get a read on him." "That's a first." "How 'bout you?" "Oh he's a barrel of laughs [chuckles]" "Morning everyone, let's get started." "Do you want to say something Marty?" "Sure." "Hello." "As most of you know by now, my name is Marty Baron." "I'm delighted to be here" "If you could tell me your name as we go around, that'd be helpful." "Thank you." " Okay." "Peter." " Peter Canellos, Metro." "I've got a major big dig closure...." " Hey Steve." " Mike." "Hey." " Crappy game last night huh." " Yeah, they can't hit worth a nickel." "Hey listen, what's Eileen McNamara doing in our 10:30?" "Do you need something Mike?" "No, just curious" "Go be curious somewhere else, I got work to do huh." " Okay Steve, see ya." " Yep." "And it looks like Pedro's going to be out until September first." "Jimmy says he'll be back this year," "But the Doc didn't seem so sure." "When's the pass opener?" " Is that everyone?" " Yes that's it." "Okay, good, thank you." "Did everyone read Eileen McNamara's column this weekend?" " That's the Geoghan case?" " Yeah, what's the follow on that?" "It's a column, what kind of follow are you thinking?" "Well apparently this priest molested kids... in 6 different parishes over the last 30 years and..." " the attorney for the victims, Mr. Uh..." " Garabedian." "Thanks Eileen." "Mr Garabedian says Cardinal Law... found out about it 15 years ago and did nothing." "Yeah, I think that attorney is a bit of a crank and the Church dismissed the claim" "He Said / She Said." "Whether Mr Garabedian is a crank or not he says he has documents that proove the Cardinal knew." "As I understand it, those documents are under seal." "Okay, but the fact remains a Boston priest, abused 80 kids, we have a lawyer... who says we can proove Law knew about it and we've written all of 2 stories in the last 6 months." "This strikes me as an essential story ... to a local paper, I think at the very least... we have to go through those documents." "How would you like to do that?" "Well I don't know what the laws are here, but in Florida we would go to court." "You want to sue the Church?" "Technically we wouldn't "sue" the Church" "We'd file a motion to lift the seal on those documents." "The Church will read that as us suing them, so will everybody else." "Good to know." "Gutsy call for the first day." "That's one word for it." "How do you think that's going to play down front?" "I think Gilman's going to a shit a brick." " Hey." " Door." "How'd it go?" "Well, Baron wants to sue for... the sealed docs in the Geoghan case." "He wants to sue the Church?" "Hey that's great!" "We covered Geoghan when the story broke 3 years ago" "Baron was still in Miami." "Think it might of been The Times then actually" "He wasn't here." "So do you think that suit has a chance or?" " Would depend on the Judge" " And what Parish he belongs to." "Bradlee." "Yeah." "Okay" "Baron wants to talk to us." "Us?" "Okay Jim, Thank you." "Yes, okay thanks." "I've set up a meeting for tomorrow with outside counsel." " Jon Albano." " Yeah." "Who's the Judge in this case?" " Constance Sweeney." " Tough." " Why is that?" " Good Catholic girl." "So ... judging from what I've read it doesn't seem... like we've done a very thorough investigation into the Geoghan case." "Is that right?" "No, it's not" "We looked hard at Geoghan" "David Armstrong from Metro, Michael Polish from Religion." "Okay, but just so that I understand, beyond our daily coverage, we haven't committed any long-term investigative resources... to the question of whether or not Cardinal Law knew about this." "No, we haven't." " And that's the kind of thing your team would do?" " Spotlight?" "well yeah but we're still prospecting... the Boston P.D. story I told you about." " Could you set that aside?" " We could." "Marty, in past Spotlight's had success in large part because they pick their own projects." "Would you consider picking this one?" "I don't know if he's writing about you, but I will let him know you called." "Okay." "Bye" " Hey." " Hey, How'd it go?" "Okay." "Baron wants us to scrub the Geoghan case." " That's great." " Didn't we cover Geoghan?" "Yeah there's a lawyer alleging Cardinal Law knew about it." "Mitch Garabedian, right?" "I covered him at the court house." "Can you get to him?" "I only interviewed him once, he's kind of a character." "I like characters, I'll take him." "Good, you take him." "Also we should be talking to..." "The lawyer who repped the victims..." " in the Porter case, Eric Macleish." " That guy was always on TV" " The Porter case?" "remind me." " Yeah, Father Porter." "Similar story, molested dozens of kids in Fall River about 10 years ago." "So we're driving to Boston P.D.?" "I vote yes" "No, we've just gotta set it aside for now, listen..." "I don't need to tell you guys this..." "We need to be more discrete than usual." "Alright?" "Everybody's going to be interested in this." "Not just the Herald." "We can't let Cardinal Law get wind of this until we know what we have." "Good luck with that." "So when do you leave Nanna?" "The bus is picking us up in the Church parking lot at 9:00" " We have 40 people going." " And is Father Dominic going?" "No he says he's unlucky." "But luck has nothing to do with it." "You know, last time Nanna won $160" " You gonna tell her?" " I don't even know if there's a story yet." "Globe's doin the Church?" ", it's gonna be a story" "Hey Lisa, could you pull all the relevant clips on that for me." "Yeah." "This for Spotlight?" "Just drop them off when they're ready, thanks." "Excuse me, do you know where the publisher's office is?" "Will do." "How are you Marty?" "Settling in?" "Yeah, I think so" "Good." "What can I do for you?" "I'd like to challenge the protective order in the Geoghan case." "You want to sue the Catholic Church?" "We're just filing a motion, but ... yes." " You think it's that important?" " Yes I do." "Because, obviously the Church will fight us very hard on this." "Which won't go unnoticed by our subscriber base, 53% of them are Catholic." "I think they'll be interested." "Okay" "Marty, Lake street will probably contact you... about a face to face with the Cardinal, it's customary." "Yeah, they already have." "It's set up for next week." "I wouldn't mention this." "Hello?" "Hello?" "Can I help you?" "Hi, I'm Mike Rezendes from the Boston Globe" "I'm here to see Mitchell Garabedian" " He's on a call, please have a seat." " Okay." "Alright, I'm listening, go ahead." "Okay." "Bill!" "Where the hell are those papers?" "I can't see the bottom of my desk!" "The famous Walter Robinson in my conference room" "Good to see you again Eric." "Sacha Pfeiffer, Eric Macleish" " Nice to meet you" " Nice to meet you" "You don't play golf do you?" " No." " Good." "Your colleague here took some money off me ... at a charity event last year." "It was a very lucky putt..." "I actually had my eyes closed by the way." "So how can I help you guys?" "You're familiar with the Geoghan case?" "Sure, 80 plaintiffs." "All of whom individual cases, Garabedian must be swimming." "Yeah, and the allegations against Cardinal Law?" "Yeah, it's tricky." "This is what you need to understand, these are shitty cases." "Statute of limitations is only 3 years... and most of these victims don't come forward until long after that." " Why is that?" " Well they're kids you know, guilt, shame." "And most of these kids come from tough neighbourhoods nobody wants to admit this kind of thing, so ... you're screwed on the time limit and ... even if you argue your way around that the Charitible Immunity ..." "Statute caps damages at $20,000" "$20,000 for molesting a child?" "That is the way the system is setup, yes." "The Church is tough so your best shot ... is to try these cases in the press." "Like I did on Porter." "But you know, most ... of the victims they don't wanna have anything to do with TV and Mitch isn't exactly a people person." "Yeah, if Garabedian can't get his victims to go before the press" "Then he's really ..." "That's right he has a long road ahead of him." "My guess is he doesn't have anything on Law." " What, you think he's bluffing?" " I think he's grand-standing... to cut a better deal." " Seems a bit wreckless" " Have you met Mitch Garabedian?" "I asked you to run the memos Bill," "I didn't ask you to file them." "Hey Bill...." "Hi." " Who are you?" " I'm Mike Rezendes from the Boston Globe ..." "I had an appointment with you about an hour ago" "I can't talk to you I'm very busy." "Sharon!" "No, she went out for a coffee, she said she'd be right back." "I'm following up on an article" " The one in the Phoenix?" " No, in the Globe." " Did you see the one in the Phoenix?" " No, I didn't." "I thought it was very good, I have a copy of it somewhere" "That's alright, I'll track it down." "I'm actually following up on a column ... that Eileen McNamara wrote about your suit" "Suits, there are 84 of them." "It's not a class action." "You should get your facts straight." "No, you're right I should." "So, I'm trying to get some background information ..." "You're not recording this are you?" "No, I wouldn't do that without asking" "I can't show you the Church documents, if that's what you're after." "They're under seal." "Yeah I know that." "Did you know that they tried to bring me up before... the Massachusetts board of bar overseers 3 times?" "They're watching me very closely" " The Church?" " Yeah, The Church, Yeah." "They'd like to get me disbarred." "In fact, put that away." " Put it away." " Sure." "I don't want you recording this in any way, shape or form." " Not on paper, not on tape, nothing" " Okay." "In fact, I probably shouldn't even be speaking to you." "So ..." "Look, Mr Garabedian, I know there's... things you cannot tell me. but..." "I also know there's a story here and..." "I think it's an important story." " I already talked to the Phoenix." " Yeah and there's a reason I didn't see it." "Nobody reads the Phoenix anymore." "They're broke, they don't have any power" "The Globe does." "If we cover this story, everbody will hear about it." "The Church thinks in centuries, Mr Rezendes" "Do you think your paper has the resources to take that on?" "Yeah I do." "But if you dont mind me asking, do you?" "I can't talk to right now Mr Rezendes, I'm very very busy" " Sharon!" " Thank you." "Yep." "Can I at least talk to some of your clients?" "Victims?" "I'd really like to do that." " Call me tomorrow, I gotta think about it." " Thank you." "Yeah, Yeah, Yep." " I got more clips from the Library." " Leave them right there." "Are you guys doing a story on the Church?" "No, we are not doing a story on the Church." "Matt, you find anything on this guy Phil Saviano?" "No." "Who is he?" "He's part of a victim's organisation." "Kirkton did a story on him right after the Porter case." "There's a victims organisation?" "Yeah, it's called SNAP." "It's Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests." "Crummy Acronym." " Want me to track him down?" " Yeah, bring him in." "How much longer you need to get through the clips?" "I mean, a few days." "There's a lot" " Lisa's still sending up more." " Okay." "Hey guys, I think I got another priest," "Liam Barrett." "Molested some kids in Philly, then was moved to Boston, did the same thing and was moved again." "Really?" "That sounds like Geoghan" "Is that one of our clips?" "Yeah, by-line's Diego Ribadeneira 1997, must of been... back when he was working religion." " Was there any follow up?" " Not much, one short piece." "The Church settled the case." " Don't you know Jim Sullivan?" " Yeah ... why?" "Looks like the Church brought him in to help out." "Jesus, do you think Manny will get the ball outta the in-field?" "." " No" " Why do you even bother with that thing?" " Distracts me from the game." "You know what else is good for that?" "Oh yeah, good idea." "My round, I'll be right back" " Anybody want any food?" " No ..." "Hey!" "A hotdog." " So you guys making any progress?" " Absolutely." "It's a good story." "Why?" "'Cause you're another lapsed Catholic pissed off at the Church?" " We got a lot of good stuff" " Like what?" "I'm just watching the game" " They got another priest, Liam Barrett." " We reported on Liam." "I'm just sayin', we did." "Okay but this guy was shuffled around... from parish to parish every few years..." "Just like Geoghan and Porter." "I think there's a pattern." "Sounds thin." "What else ya got?" "Sacha's got another guy from a victims organisation." "Phil Saviano" "From SNAP?" "Oh Boy!" "We reported on him too." "I thought you were watching the game Steve." " That guy's pretty banged up Mike." " We did a coulple of stories on him." " Guy would not stop writing letters." " He wants a holy war." " What, so he's not worth talking to?" " Where are you on Garabedian?" "I'm working on it." "Robby says Macleish thinks he's bluffing." " I think there's something there Ben." " Get me something solid or I'm taking you off it." "I don't want us chasing our tails on this." "Stay away from that trap!" "You couldn't reach that trap in a million years partner" " I've reached that trap before" " Haha yeah, now Paul ... maybe" " How we doin'?" " We're good." "We're two-up on the front" " How's that new editor working out?" " Well, he doesn't like baseball." "But he seems like a smart guy." "Yeah I read an article about him, said that he's the ... first Jewish editor at the Globe." "Must of been a slow news day." " He got a family this guy?" " No, he is not married." " Divorced?" " I don't think so, no." "So the new editor of the Globe is... an unmarried man of the Jewish faith who hates baseball." " Yeah ..." " Should of given it to Ben," "It's Bradlee for cryin' out loud." "Didn't raise his hand fast enough I guess." "Hey by the way, I've been reading about this priest..." "Father Barrett, said you were involved with that?" "Barrett, yeah." "Bad egg." "Lake Street asked for help, I pitched in." "Victim said Cardinal Law knew... about Barrett when he came from Philly." "Is that true?" "You know I can't talk about the case Robby." "Off the record?" "Off the record I can't talk about it." " This related to the lawsuit?" " You know about that?" "Look..." "I don't know this guy Baron... or what his agenda is, frankly I don't care." "I just don't wanna see you taking a bullet for him." "I think you're away." " Get over here" " Let's go, Let's go." "So the other day I was on the World Wide Web." "Anything you wanna know, it's right there." "Now I have to admit that as a priest, this makes me a little nervous." "Should I be worried about job security?" "I don't think so." "You see, knowledge is one thing." "But faith, faith is another." " Hey" " Hey" " Shouldn't you be golfing or something?" " "Golfing" is not a verb." "and I couldnt get a tee time." "Is that what they call it?" "tee time?" "They also call it a leisure activity." "You oughta try it Mike." " I do, I run." " Yeah, you run to work." "So why are you here today?" "Going over these clips of Saviano" "Yeah, Ben and Steve think it's a dead end." "They gave me a bunch of crap about it at the game." " Yeah, Ben emailed me." " He did?" " Yeah, he said we should let it go." " What do you wanna do?" " We'll bring Saviano in." " So, just ignore those guys?" "I think we've gotta start ignoring everybody on this one." "I'm good at that." "Well." "Do you think Marty has any idea what's comin' down the pike?" "Nope, I don't think he cares either." "That's refreshing." "Yeah." "Unless he's wrong." "I've always been fascinated by the newspaper business." "I used to sit in on the lectures with the..." "Nieman fellas, when I was at Harvard." "I read that you were an editor once." "Ah yes." "Yeah, that was a very long time ago." "The Mississippi Register." "Small," "Diocese newspaper." "But for a 30 year old Pastor, it was a big responsibility." "Too much at times." "How so?" "I was close with the Everist brothers." "We took a stand on civil rights." "Our readership was not pleased." "They saw me as a meddling outsider." "I can imagine." "Tough seat to sit in, especially in a small town." "I think you'll find that Boston... is still a small town too, Marty." "In many ways." "But if I can be of any help Marty, don't hesitate to ask." "I find that the city flourishes when ... it's great institutions work together." "Thank you." "Personally I'm of the opinion that... for a paper to best perform it's function... it really needs to stand alone." "Of course." "But my offer still stands." "Thank you." "[knock] Come in." "Thank you, Maureen." "Little gift, Marty." "Think of it as a Cardinal's guide to the city of Boston." " I'm here to see Sacha Pfeiffer." " Name?" " Phil Saviano." " Okay, just a minute." "So am I the first survivor you've talked to?" " Yeah Phil you are" " Okay, well..." "First of all, let me say thank you for having me in today." "and I want you to know that you have the full co-operation of my organisation SNAP." "how many members are in your organisation Phil?" "We had 11 at our last chapter meeting..." "No, 10." "Karen just moved." "You had a woman in your group?" "'Course there was a women, they don't discriminate." "Not when it comes to abuse." "And this has nothing to do with being gay," "What this is, is Priests using the collar to rape kids." "Kids!" "Boys and girls." "I was 11, and I was preyed upon by Father David Holly." "in Wester." "And I don't mean prayed for, I mean preyed upon." "Are any of you catholic?" "I was raised catholic... now I go to my wife's Presbyterian Church." "I'm lapsed." "I go to Church with my grandmother sometimes." "It is safe to say we were all raised catholic, but now..." "Not so much." "Okay, well let me tell ya...." "When you're a poor kid from a poor family, religion counts for a lot." "And when a priest pays attention to ya, it's a big deal." "He asks you to collect the hymn notes, or take out the trash, you feel special." "It's like God asking for help." "So maybe it's a little weird when he tells you... a dirty joke, but now you've got a secret together." "So you go along." "Then he shows you a porno mag." "And you go along, and you go along... and you go along." "Until one day he asks you to jerk him off or give him a blowjob." "and so you go along with that too." "Because you feel trapped because he has groomed you." "How do you say no to God, right?" "See..." "It is important to understand that this is not... just physical abuse, it is spiritual abuse too." "And when a priest does this to you, he robs you of your faith." "So you reach for the bottle, or the needle." "Or if those don't work you jump off a bridge." "That's why we call ourselves survivors." "Have you read Jason Barry's book?" "He wrote about the Gauthe case in Louisiana." " That's G..." " G-a-u-t-h-e." "Here and talk to Richard Sipe, he worked...... in one of the Church's treatment centres." "He's an ex-priest." "Married a nun." "Here, this is his testimony from the Casque case" "Phil, what's a treatment centre?" "It's where they send priests when they.." "get caught." "This is all right here in the box." "I sent this all to you guys 5 years ago." "To the Globe?" "Who did you send it to?" "I don't wanna say who." "But they said that they weren't interested." "Uh but Phil, we did run a couple of stories on you." "I saw them in the clips..." "Yeah but to be completely frank it wasn't enough." "You guys gotta understand." "This is big." "This is not just Boston, it's the whole country, it's the whole world." "And it goes right up to the Vatican." " Do you have any proof of that Phil?" " No, not yet." "But think about it, there are so many of them." "How else could they have hidden it for so long?" " So many what?" " Priests!" "Priests!" "I know 13 right here in Boston." "You know 13 priests in Boston who have molested children?" "Yeah!" ", why do you keep repeating everything I say?" " I just like to clarify things." " Maybe you should have clarified it 5 years... ago when I sent you all of this stuff!" "It's all right here." " May I use your bathroom?" " Yeah, sure Phil." "C'mon." "Well ..." "What do you think?" " Well the guy's got an agenda, that's for sure." " You think?" "He's obviously been through a lot, but he's smart... and if he's right about 13 priests." "Yeah, might be a big "if" with this guy." "Do a background check on him and follow up with some of the other survivors of his group." "I'll track down this ex-priest Sipe." "Okay, but stay on Garabedian." "That's more important." "Garabedian, what a pain in the ass." "You can be a pain in the ass, Mike." "Mitchell, what a surprise." "How are ya?" " I'm fine Mr Rezendes." " Good." "You know I haven't heard back..." "I left you a couple of messages." "I know." "I've been very busy, I don't have time for calls." "Aw geez I'm sure ya dont." "Listen, Mitch" "Let me talk to a couple of victims, you can sit in on the interview... and if you're not happy you can kill it." "I spoke to my clients and they don't want to be in the press." "I'm sorry" "I get that, but I don't need to name names." " I don't believe you Mr Rezendes" " I'm sure you don't" " Listen, Mitchell." " Mr Rezendes, please!" "..." "I'm not writing a profile here, I'm working on something bigger." "Bigger?" "I don't know what that means." "I'm not supposed to tell you this, but I'm digging around for Spotlight." "Spotlight's on this?" "Yeah." "We're looking into it, but you gotta help me." "You gotta let me talk to some of these victims, please." "Please." " Come back tomorrow 9:30 a.m." " Thank you." " Ms. Pfeiffer" " Joe." "Hi, Hi." " Oh shoot," " That's okay." " Sorry, please sit" " No problem." "Thank you." " Is this table okay?" " This is perfect." "I had a muffin while I was waiting. 2 actually." "I eat when I'm nervous." "I do that too actually." "I hope I'm not late, Phil told me 1 o'clock" "No, you're fine." "I got here early." "About an hour." "Would you mind if I took some notes?" "Would that be alright?" "You don't mind if I take some notes, do you?" "Are you gonna use my name?" "No." "Not if you don't want me to, no" "I just had a kid and he's only 1, but I'm not sure I want him to know about this." "Sure, I get that." "We can stop this interview at any time Patrick." " Alright?" " Okay" "Alright." " Go ahead with your notes." " Okay, so um ..." "Where did you live when it first happened?" "In the projects, over on Hyde Park." " Over by the Stop and Shop?" " Yeah, you know it?" "Yeah, I drove a cab for a few years." "Open early, bad coffee right?" "Yeah, I guess." "How old were you, when it happened?" "I was 12." "Just after my dad killed himself." " Wow, geez." " He was a real piece of shit." "And my mum, she wasn't so stable either." " How do you mean?" " I mean she was nuts." " She was a Schizophrenic" " Same shit." "When did you first meet Geoghan?" "Well my sister, she saw him over at the Dunkin' Donuts..." "Tells him about my old man passing, and he rushed right over." "And there was this nun, Sister Barbara, and she ran this group... for kids from troubled families." " Where was that?" " San Ambrose in Dorchester.." "Okay." "She's the one who introduced me to Father Chantley" "He was a street priest." "Long hair, very hip." " He invited me to his apartment in Back Bay." " Where in Back Bay?" " Beacon Street." " Beacon, okay" "Are you from here?" "No, I grew up in Ohio, but my mum's from Southie." "Ah so you get it." "I'd never even seen Back Bay." "So, what happened on that first visit Joe?" "Well, he was very nice at first." "Very funny, very casual." "And I think he could tell I was gay." "So he showed me this mobile he had, like over a baby's crib." "But with different words." "Homosexual, transexual, bisexual." "Okay, and did you know you were gay at that time Joe?" "Yeah, but that wasn't information I was sharing with anybody." "Not in Dorchester." "Okay." "So what happened after he showed you the mobile?" "Well I was a little freaked out." "I think he could tell." "So he said, you know what'll help... is if we play strip poker." "'Course I lost." "And things went on from there." "Can you tell me specifically what happened?" "Specifically, he ..." "he molested me." "Joe, I think that the language is going to be so important here." "We can't sanitize this." "Just saying "molest" isn't enough." "People need to know what actually happened." " We should probably get these to go." " Right." "Geoghan shows up and my mum, you know she's..." "She's thrilled." "This was like God showing up, you know?" "Sure, right." "So what happened then." "Do you really wanna hear this shit?" "Yeah, yeah Patrick I do." "He offers to take me to get ice-cream." " He's a priest, I'm a kid so I go." " Sure." "So we're driving home and he... he starts patting my leg and," "you know then,... his hand just slides right up and, he grabs my dick." "I just froze up, I was fucking petrified..." "I couldn't move.." "I didn't know what to do, I was just a little kid." "Yeah" "You know I never even touched my ice-cream." "It just melted down my arm." "Did you ... did you see him again after that?" "Yeah." "Alright, that's good." "Let's stop there for now." "Sure." "He said it was a way to make me more comfortable with my body" "So what happened after that.?" "Well he took off his clothes and he said I've been so depressed." "But maybe you can cheer me up and give me a blowjob." "Classy guy." " And did you?" " Yeah." "I know what you must be thinking." "why would I ever do that to some creepy guy who's 30 years older than me?" ", but... what you have to understand is that this is the first time in my life that someone told me it was okay to be gay." "And it was a priest." "So you had oral sex." "Did you have intercourse?" "Yes, not then but later." "It really messed me up." "I'm sober now, but that was the beginning of it all." "It's very confusing, you know." "To be introduced to sex like that and then... and then to be attracted to men." "I'm sorry, I knew I was gonna do this." "Oh I'm sorry." "Don't be sorry." "It's okay Joe, it's okay." "And of course there is a Church right there." "And a playground." "Joe, did you ever try and tell anyone?" "Like who, a priest?" " Can I use your phone?" " Yeah, sure." "You know where it is." "You can use my name if you want." "Thanks Patrick." "Don't thank me, just get these assholes will ya?" "He's one of the lucky ones." "He's still alive." " Do you want a cup of tea Sacha?" " No I'm okay Nanna." "Thanks." " Hello?" " Hi Joe, it's Sacha Pfeiffer." " Hi Sacha, how are you?" " I'm good, thanks." "Listen, Joe, I just wanted to follow up on one thing." "You talked to Phil Saviano about all of this right?" "Yeah I did, I went to a couple of SNAP meetings." "And did Phil ever suggest that you do anything about it?" "No." "The meetings weren't really about that." "I mean a couple of them had gone to a lawyer but..." " I didn't think it was worth it." " Why not?" "There were just so many forms to fill out." "It was overwhelming, you know?" "and he said he could only get me a small settlement, so..." " Who said that?" " The lawyer told me that." "So, you did go and see a lawyer?" "Yeah, but I didn't end up using him so..." "I didn't think it was important." " Sorry, I'm not trying to hide anything." " No, I know Joe." "Do you remember his name?" "The lawyer?" "No, but maybe Phil would know?" "The guy was on T.V. a lot during the Porter case." "He was handsome." " Was it Eric Macleish?" " Yeah that's it." "Macleish." "I thought he was very handsome." " Hey." " Hey." "I was just in the newsroom..." "Judge Sweeney set a date for the hearing." " Really?" "When?" " 2 weeks, in Springfield." "Canellos started a pool, $10 to get in." "Anyone picking the Globe?" "He's only taking bets on how fast Sweeney's gonna rule against us." " Robby." " Hi, it's me." " Did you get my message?" " I did." "Looks like Father Chantley could be our 4th priest." " Yeah, I think he is." " Did you follow up on Macleish?" "I just talked to Phil, he said Macleish... dealt with a number of these cases." " Guess he forgot to mention that." " Yeah." "I'm gonna go to the courthouse tomorrow, see if..." "I can find any cases he settled against the Church" "Alright." "Call me after you do." " Goodnight." " Okay, goodnight.." "Hey." "You wanted to chat?" "Yeah, I'm late for dinner." "You wanna walk me out?" "Sure." " Jesus, does this guy ever go home?" " Yeah, apparently not." "I got guys that won't leave 'til he does, he's wearing out the god damn news room." " Where are we on Geoghan?" " Following up on more victims." " Hey, I want to expand the investigation." " Why?" "We got a 4th priest, and there might be as many as 13." " Thirteen?" " Yeah." " Who's your source?" " Paul Saviano." "Jesus Christ, Robby I told Mike that guy's a fuckin'..." "I know, I know." "I think Saviano might be legit Ben." " You want to elaborate on that?" " No, not really." "It just feels like this thing is stacking up." "It's my gut." " Okay" " Okay." "Good." "Thank you." "Hello" " Mr Rezendes?" " Yeah, who's this?" "It's Richard Sipe." "Oh, yeah hey Richard." "How are ya?" "I'm good." "Thanks for calling." "Look, Phil Saviano gave me your name..." "I was wondering if I can ask you a few questions." " Of course, yeah." " Great." "So Phil told me that you were working at one of the..." "Church's treatment centres in Baltimore?" "Yes, the Seaton Psychiatric Institute." "It was run by the Daughters of Charity." "And uh," "When was that Richard?" "Well I started my psychotherapy fellowship there in 1965" "And I was there for 5 years, but I spent the next 30..." "Studying abusive priests and their victims." "Really?" "And that's been your sole focus?" "Look, Mike." "The Church wants us to believe that... it's just a few bad apples." "But it's a much bigger problem than that." " How much bigger Richard?" " Well, based on the research..." "I would classify it as a recognizable psychiatric phenomenom." "That's big." " Hey Mac," " Hey." "If I want historical data on a priest." "Parishes he'd been assigned to, where would I find that?" "The Geoghan case?" "It's all on the clips, Lisa has the source material." "Yeah, what if it was for another priest, one that hadn't been in the papers?" " You're looking at another priest?" " Who're you look at?" "Any ideas?" "C'mon Matt, you're not going to tell me?" "Gotta get to a meeting." "Thanks Mac." "Hey Steve." "The Arch Dioceses puts out an annual directory." "Every priest and parish." "That's great." "Do these go back any further than '98?" "Oh yeah, I've got 'em back to the 80's in the mez" "Beyond that you've gotta go to the BPL" " The mez huh?" "Thanks Lisa" " You bet." "You see they all target the same kind of kid." "Low income families, absentee fathers, broken homes." "So a guy like Geoghan, goes after boys not because he prefers them, but because they have more shame, less likely to talk." "These guys are predators Robby." "I talked to Sipe." "He said he's seen dozens of them in the 60's in Seaton." "He called it a phenomenon." " Why didn't he go public?" " He did." "But the Church made a huge effort to discredit him." "Smear campaigns, public statements by prominent bishops." "It's just like Saviano said." "And Garabedian." " You gettin' anywhere with him?" " More victims." "More victims?" "You can't empty his pockets?" "I'll get to him, I just need more time." " C'mon Mike, you gotta get him." " I'll get him, I'll get him." "Jesus, what the hell is that smell?" "There's a dead rat in the corner." "What've you got?" "Church directories." "It's every priest in Massachusetts," " What parish they're assigned to." " Are these official?" "Yeah I figured it could help us track down... some of the priests that Saviano mentioned." "Maybe find some more victims." "Can we turn on some more lights in here?" "I couldn't find a switch, you wanna borrow my glasses?" " No, I'm good, I'm good." " Look, 1983." "John Gavin, St Bernard's Parish, Dorchester." "So we can find out... where any priest is at any given year?" "Yeah, I got him here at..." "What?" "1980, the year Geoghan was pulled from JP it says." "he was on sick leave." "C'mon, it really says that?" "Where is 1991?" " Yeah, here ya go." " Let me see this." "Barrett, Liam." "I can't read that." "Look for a Liam Barrett in there." "1991's the year they pulled him out of Charlestown." "Barret, Liam" "Yeah," "Sick Leave." "It's an official designation." "Get these upstairs." "Oh and Matt... check on those priests Saviano gave us." "Robby." " Hey, I'm down at the courthouse." " Yeah." "Something's not right here." "Nothing on Shanley either Sacha." "Okay, thanks." "We need to go talk to Macleish again." "Really?" "Why?" "There's nothing here." "There aren't any records, I've checked everything." "Thanks for waiting." "So sorry guys, stuck on a call" " Not a problem, how are you?" " Good." " Thanks for meeting us." " You bet." "What's up guys?" "Mr Macleish, are you familiar with a priest named Paul Shanley?" "Yes, I am familiar with him." "And have you settled cases against Father Shanley?" "As I'm sure you can understand I can't... discuss that with you." "Yeah, how about Father Ronald Paquin?" "Well, I can't discuss that with you either, c'mon guys." "We understand you've settled several cases against each of them." "Even if I'd been involved in those cases... the settlements would be confidential, and I could be dis-barred for acknowledging their existence." "Okay?" "Look, I told you guys these are tough cases." "Most of these folks, they just want some acknowledgement." "Of what happened." "We got 'em a sit down with the Bishop, and... a little dough and that's the best they could hope for." "Well, certainly the best the Priests could hope for." "No, the Church promised to take the Priests... out of circulation." "And did you follow up on that?" " Do you guys need anything else?" " Yes." "Why aren't there any records?" "I was down at the courthouse earlier..." "There aren't any records of any of these settlements." "We dealt directly with the Church." "We would draw up a demand letter and send it to the Chancery." "You never filed anything in court?" " It's a private mediation." " So..." "This is just you, and the Archdiocese lawyers," " In a room?" " Correct." "Anyone else?" "Occasionally the Church would bring in another defence attorney to help out." " You have names?" " Nope." "No I don't." "So this was all under the table?" "There's no paper trail, at all." "The victim has to... sign a confidentiality agreement to get the settlement." "The lawyer takes a third, and..." "The Church sweeps it under the rug." " Jesus, it's a freakin' racket!" "." " It's more complicated than that." "Macleish has a duty to the client... to get the best deal he can." "Sure, but how many victims... do you represent and profit from before you say something?" "Garabedian would say none." "That's why he's taking these cases to court." "Because he wants people to know about this." "I agree." "And, legal ethics aside Ben, I mean... operating the way Macleish has, all but guarantees the abuse stays under wraps." "Yeah." "Did Macleish confirm all of Saviano's priests?" "No, he's... limited by his confidentiality agreement." "But clearly he's settled cases against a number of them." "Phil's put me in touch with some of the other victims," "I'm pretty confident all of his priests are gonna check out." " So it is 13 priests?" " Yeah." "Looks that way." "Holy shit." "Okay, keep going." "I'm sorry, what was the name again?" "Baron." "B-A-R-O-N." "I'm having trouble finding it, just give me a second." "It's okay Kim, I can vouch for him." "I'm Pete Conley, I'm on the Board of Catholic Charities." "Welcome to Boston, Mr. Baron." " Thank you." " I appreciate you joining us." "We're very proud of the work we do here in Boston." "Oh, the Cardinal said you had a nice visit." " Yes, we did." " He's an extraordinary man." "I'm glad you had a chance to chat." "Enjoying yourself?" "To be honest, these events aren't really my strong suit." " Yeah." " Are you involved with the charity?" "Not directly no, several of my friends are..." "We all went to highschool, BC High, thats... the school across the street from the Globe." " It's hard to miss." " Yeah." "Hard to get away from too, apparently." "The Cardinal's in the corner, if you're so inclined." " We've met." " Really?" "Did he mention the suit?" "No, but he did give me a copy of the Catechism." "Yeah, well the Cardinal's not known for his subtlety." "During the Porter investigation he literally, called down the power of God on the Globe." "How'd that play out?" "A week later, our editor broke his leg skiing." "Shrimp tails, gentlemen?" " No thanks." " Thanks." "You said, one of the victim's father...?" "filed a criminal complaint?" "Yeah there were a few of them." "But the Judge had the case record sealed... after friends of the Church complained." "And the Church has a lot of friends." "Like Eric Macleish?" "Yeah." "Let's just say... he's not part of the solution." " You follow what I'm saying?" " Sure." "You work hard Mr Rezendes." "Are you married?" "Yeah." "Your wife doesn't mind you working all the time?" "Oh yeah, she does." "That's why I never got married." "Too busy." "What I do is too important." "I hear your new editor is a Jew right?" " That's right, yeah." " Well, see..." "He comes in, and suddenly everybody is interested in the Church." " You know why?" " No." "Because it takes an outsider." "Like me." "I'm Armenian." "How many Armenian's do you know in Boston?" "Steve Kurkjian, works at the Globe." "That's two." "We should get a prize or something." " What are you, Italian?" " No, I'm Portuguese" " From where?" " East Boston." "Really?" "East Boston?" "You don't sound like it." "This city," "These people." "Making the rest of us feel like we don't belong." "But they're no better than us." "Look at how they treat their children." "Mark my words, Mr Rezendes." "If it takes a village to raise a child, it takes a village to abuse one." " Hey, here he is." " Hey." " You want a beer?" " Love one." " Another." "You here with Barbara?" " No." " She hates these things." " Karen too." " Yeah" " Smart ladies." " Sláinte" " Sláinte" "Met your new editor." " Seems like a decent fella." " I think he is." "Hey, I had an interesting conversation with Eric Macleish the other day." "Turns out he's been settling abuse cases... with the Archdiocese for years." "You, really wanna talk about this here?" "Jim, you said you helped out on Father Barrett as a favour." "That was a one off?" "How many of these cases have you been involved with?" "You know I can't answer that Robby, it's unethical." "Is that all it is?" "So... this, would be the Robby Robinson I've always... heard about but never met." "Listen to me, Jimmy." "You wanna be on the right side of this." "This is the Church, you're talking about Robby," "Look around, these are good people." "Done a lot of good for this city." "Enjoy the party." "I've been through a lot of these now." ""Sick Leave" isn't the only designation... they use when they take one... of these priests out of circulation." "They use a slew of terms - Absent on Leave." "Unassigned." "Emergency Response." " They got a word for everything these guys." " Except rape." "And they move parishes way more... frequently than other priests." "When I was a kid, a priest moved after 7,8 years." "sometimes longer." "These guys, it's 2 to 3 years tops." "And did they use these designations..." " for all of Saviano's priests?" " Yeah." " It's a pretty clear pattern." " Guys, I got Sipe." "I think if you really want to understand the crisis, you need to start with the celibacy requirement." "That was my first major finding." "Only 50% of the clergy, are celibate." "Now, most of them are having sex with other adults." "But the fact remains that this creates... a culture of secrecy that tolerates and even protects..." "Paedophiles.." "So you believe the Church is aware... of the extent of this crisis?" "Oh, Absolutely." "After the first major scandal in Louisiana," "Tom Doyle, the secretary-canonist for the papal nuncio... co-authored a report  warning paedophile priests, were a billion dollar liability." "That was in 1985." " 1985?" " That's right." "Who saw that report, anyone from the catholic hierarchy?" "Sure," "Doyle tried to introduce the report at..." "The National Conference of Catholic Bishops." "In fact, Cardinal Law initially helped to fund the report." "But then he backed out and they shelved it." " Are you kidding me?" " Uh, Richard," "Robby here,." "We think we have 13 priests... in Boston that fit this pattern, which would be a very, very big story." "Does that sound right to you?" "In terms of scale?" "No, not really Robby." "Sounds low to me." "My estimates suggest 6% act out sexually with minors." "6% of what?" "6% of all priests." "How many priests do we have in Boston?" "About 1500, 1% is 15 so 6% is... 90?" " Wait, 90 priests." " Is that possible?" "From a metric standpoint." "Yes, that would certainly be in line with my findings." "Hello?" "90 fucking priests?" "In Boston?" "That's what he said." "If there were 90 of these bastards people would know." " Maybe they do." " And no one said a thing?" "Good Germans." "I don't think that's a comparison you want to make publicly." "Macleish knew." " He just didn't say anything." " That's 13 priests." "There's a big difference between 13 and 90," "Where's this guy Sipe getting his numbers?" "Well, he's been studying it for... 30 years, he is a trained psychotherapist." "Okay, but we need something more than a metric from some... hippy ex-priest who's shacking up with a nun." "Okay, so we'll track down more victims." "we'll get more priests." "then we can check them against the directories." " That's a shit load of victims." " We'll get there." "How long's it gonna take?" "Too long." " Where are you... the meeting's over?" " Yeah, for now." " What have you got?" " What if we work backwards." " What do you mean?" "From what?" " From the directories." "We've been using them to confirm bad priests, what if we do it the other way around." "Use the directories to identify bad priests." "Yeah, exactly." "We search by designation." "We look for any priest on..." "Sick Leave or unassigned." " Or that have been moved around a lot." " Yeah." "It's gonna take a lot of work." "Well, not if we're all on it." "You too?" "Generally, that's what all means, yeah." "Yeah, generally." "Library is closing!" "Library is closing! Holy shit!" "No friggin' way." " Talbot?" " Yeah." " Tivnan?" " Yeah." " Toma?" " Yeah." " Turnball?" " Yeah." " Walsh?" " Yeah." " Welsh?" " Yeah." " That's it?" " That's it." " Holy shit!" " Robby!" "That's 3 off Sipe's estimate, that's incredible." "Robby!" " How many?" " 87." "87 priests in Boston." " Call Macleish, I wanna talk to him" " Okay." " Can you print it?" " Sure can." "Jim Sullivan's office." "Yeah, Walter Robinson for Jim Sullivan" "Tell him it's important please." "One moment please." "Hey Robby, everything okay?" "I need you to tell me something, Jim." " Could it be 90 priests?" " What?" "Could it be as high as 90?" "Jesus Robby!" "I need to know Jim." "I wouldn't be asking if it wasn't important." "You gotta stop this Robby." "Robby, Macleish's assistant said he's all booked up, he can't see us." "Yeah, well the hell he can't." "Alright, that'll be fine." " You know what, I'll catch up with you okay?" " Okay." "Hey, guys I'm really sorry, I am..." "I don't have any time to talk right now." " Mr Macleish." " If you call my assistant..." "We have reason to believe that... there are allegations against as many as 87 priests in Boston." "I can't talk to you about that." "Does that number sound right to you?" "You gotta be kidding me, I just told you..." "I don't have time for this crap right now." "Eric, how many priests did you settle?" "Robby, you know I can't tell you that." "You're gonna give me their names, and the names of their victims." " Are you threatening me?" " We've got 2 stories here." "We got a story about degenerate clergy." "And we got a story about a bunch of lawyers... turning child abuse into a cottage industry." "Now, which story do you want us to write?" "'Cause we're writing one of them." "I already sent you a list of names." "What are you talking about, to whom?" "The Globe, years ago." "After the Porter case, I got plenty of calls." "I had 20 priests, in Boston alone." "But I couldn't go after them without the press." "So I sent you guys a list of names and you buried it." " I want those names tomorrow." " Check your god damn clips Robby." " We didn't find anything in the clips." " Yeah, big surprise." "Richard..." "Do you still go to mass?" "No, No I haven't been to Church for some time now." "But I still consider myself a catholic." "How does that work?" "Well, the Church is an institution, Mike." "Made of men." "It's passing." "My faith is in the eternal." " I try to seperate the two." " Sounds tricky." "It is." "Especially... since the Church continues to go after me." "It takes a toll, Mike." "They'll try to silence anyone who speaks out." "I'm sure they'll come after you and your team soon enough." "Really?" "And how do you think they'd do that?" "Hello?" "Richard?" " Who is it?" " It's the Archbishop of Cantebury." "Had dinner at St. Tarpios, had some leftovers." "Ah!" "You're the freakin' best." "Thanks." "Want a beer?" " Yeah." " You got it." "Jesus, how much longer... you gonna be in this shithole?" "Yeah, I'm working on it." " She a good girl Mike?" " Yeah, she is." "We'll figure it out." "I haven't had a lot of time lately." "I just got off the phone with Sipe actually." "Have you met this guy in person yet?" "No, but his knowledge of this is on a whole other level." "I'm frikkin starving." "So, where are we with the 90?" " We're close" " How close?" "We're close." "Just answer the question, will ya?" "We got 87 names." "We're trying to get confirmation, I think we will." "Something bugging you?" "It's just surprising, that's all." "Yeah, yeah it is." "For everybody." "Hey, Ben!" "forgot to ask you..." "Phil Saviano said he sent... a bunch of info over to the Globe years ago." "Do you have any idea to who?" " No, why?" " Well, I'm just curious." "I wanted to see if there was any lead you guys didn't run out." "Saviano was a fucking train wreck 5 years ago, Mike." "We didn't miss anything." "This story needed Spotlight." "Yeah, I agree." "I'm just following up." " Goodnight." " Yeah, goodnight." " This is unbelievable." " Where did you get this?" "Macleish emailed the list this morning." "He sat on cases against 45 priests." "Where are we on Law?" "Anything that shows he had knowledge of this?" "Still working Garabedian, but nothing concrete." "I keep thinking about that conversation we had the other night, about how Law called down the power of God." "When we reported on Porter." "That's just Law being Law." "Okay, but I checked the clips and..." "Porter isn't even in the..." "Boston Archdiocese, he's from Fall River." "So..." "Why the extreme reaction?" "Law had to know." "That's why he had the reaction." "'Cause he knew there were others." "I think that's the bigger story." "Bigger than 50 priests?" "If it came from the top down?" "Yes." "But, the numbers clearly indicate that there were senior clergy involved" " That's all they do, "indicate"." " Are you telling me... that if we run a story with 50 paedophile priests in Boston." " Mike." " We'll get into the same catfight you got into on Porter." "Which made a lot of noise." "But changed things not one bit." "We need to focus on the institution." "Not the individual priests." "Practice and Policy." "Show me the Church manipulated the system... so these guys wouldn't have to face charges." "Show me they put those same priests... back into parishes time and time again." "Show me this was systemic." "That it came from the top down." "Sounds like we're going after Law." "We're going after the system." "Make a list of all the victims... we have, start reaching out." " Bring Matt in if you need help." " Mm Hmm Okay" " Hey, when are you going to Springfield?" " The hearing is Monday." "Okay" "Hey Robby, you got a second?" "Yeah" "I got one of those treatment centres a block from my house." "We got neighbours with kids." "I know that the work we do is confidential but," "I'm feeling like..." "I should tell 'em." " We'll tell 'em soon." " Are you sure?" " Yeah." " Okay." "Hi there, I'm Sacha Pfeiffer, I'm with the Boston Globe." "I was just looking for a gentlemen by the name of Matthew Walsh?" "No he's not." "Yeah, okay okay." " Hi" " Hi" "I'm Sacha Pfeiffer from the Boston Globe." "Yeah, what do you want?" "I'd like to speak with Thomas Kennedy?" "He doesn't live here anymore." "Do you know where he lives?" "Sir, I'd just like to ask a few..." "Sacha Pfeiffer, Boston Globe." " Oh, yeah hi" " Hi, thank you." " Anything else you can recall?" " No" "No, but I got a cousin in Quincy, she saw him out on the street a few years later." "The Bishop came over to the house" "He said nothing like this had ever happened before... and he asked us not to press charges." "And what did your mother do?" "My mother?" "She put out frikkin' cookies." "There was a lot of pressure to keep quiet." "From the Church?" "Yeah, from the Church." "But not just the Church." "From my friends." "From the other parishioners." "Well, many of the priests I treated were... psychosexually stunted." "On the emotional level of a 12 or 13 year old." "Sure the chief knew, everybody knew." "But nobody wants to cuff a priest." "And what about the prosecutor?" "Shouldn't talk about this shit." "I think you should, actually." "Do you know a Father Hurley or a Father Gale?" "I do." "Get this shit outta here alright?" "I'm sorry to bother you." "You leave me alone, you leave my brother alone you hear me?" "Hi there." "I'm looking for Ronald Paquin." "Yes?" " You're Father Paquin?" " Yes, that's right." "I'm Sacha Pfeiffer from the Boston Globe." "Okay." "Could I ask you a few questions?" "Go ahead, dear." "We spoke to several men who knew you when they were boys." "At St John the Baptist in Haverhill." "They told us you molested them, is that true?" "Sure, I fooled around" "But I never felt gratified myself." "Right, but you admit to molesting boys at St John the Baptist?" "Yes, yes, but as I said, I never got any pleasure from it." "That's important to understand." "Right, um..." "Can you tell me where and how you fooled around with these boys?" "I want to be clear, I never raped anyone." "There's a difference." "I should know." " How would you know?" " I was raped." "I'm sorry, who raped you?" "Ronnie, who are you talking to?" " It's okay Jane" " Father, who raped you?" "Who are you?" " Sacha Pfeiffer, from the Globe." " Please get off my porch" " Get inside the house Ronald." " Mister ..." " Get inside Ronald!" " I'm sorry, who are you?" " I'm his sister." " and I don't want you coming back here." " Ms Paquin..." "No you won't, I beat you last time!" "No you didn't, you cheated!" "Could you please clarify the Globe's position for me Mr Albano" "Yes Judge Sweeney." "Our argument to make these documents public rests... mainly on first ammendment grounds." "We also have a number of other relevant arguments." "After all your honour, this was a discretionary order." "Yes, it was made at the Judge's discretion." "Hey Mike." "Hey Joe." "What's a Spotlight reporter doing in Springfield?" "That's your boy Albano sledding' uphill." "You actually think you have a shot at winning at this league?" "You want me to comment for the Herald?" "Globe reporter would not comment." "But he did not seem helpful." "He didn't try to hide it at all." "He had this really, odd rationalization for it, like it was totally normal to fool around with little boys." "I'd really like to go back, I think he'd talk to us." "Oh, we will." "Just not yet." "I want you to stay focused on the victims right now." "Sacha, where'd they send Father Talbot again?" " I think, wasn't that Cheverus?" " Cheverus, that's right" "Wait, Father Talbot from BC High?" " Yeah, you know him?" " Yeah, he was there when I was." " We have a victim?" " Yeah." "Lives in Providence." "There's nothing personal in these documents, Your Honour." "They concern how the Cardinal is handling..." "Say the "Archdiocese"." "Excuse me?" "You don't get to tag the Cardinal with everything Mr Albano." "Say, the Archdiocese." "Judge Sweeney, the Globe is not a party to this case." "They just want to sell papers." "If Mr Garabedian had not... smeared the Cardinal's good name..." " We wouldn't even be here." " Your Honour," "I object to the use of the word "smear"." " Duly noted Mr Garabedian." " Thank you, Your Honour." " Anything else, Mr Rogers?" " No, your Honour." "Mr Albano, you may continue." "The Globe believes having..." "Hey Mitch, how ya doing?" "I'm fine." "He's tough that Wilson Rogers." "He's smug." " He's sloppy." " Doesn't seem sloppy." "You don't know the half of it." "Trust me." "What's the half of it?" "Tell me the half of it, Mitch." " Off the record?" " Off the record, yeah." "3 years ago I get a call from an ex-priest." "Anthony Bensovitch" "He was at Blessed Sacrament" "Back in '62 and he saw Geoghan." "taking little boys up to the rectory bedroom, okay?" "." "So he's apalled, alright" " okay" " Tells the Bishop about it and the Bishop threatens to reassign him." " To South America." " Jesus." "Yeah, alright." "So fast forward 35 years." "Bensovitch reads that Geoghan has been charged with molesting hundreds of kids." "Alright, so he feels guilty." "He calls me." "So you have testimony of a priest... telling his superiors about Geoghan in '62?" "No, I do not." "Because when I call Bensovitch in to give a deposition." "He comes in with a lawyer." " Wilson Rogers?" " Right." "And suddenly Father Bensovitch has a very foggy memory." "Can't remember anything." "He's useless." "So, I go back to work." "I forget about it, whatever." "Until about a year ago, I find an article, about a priest." "Who warned church officials about Geoghan." " Bensovitch whent to the press?" " Yeah." "Yeah, local paper, Patriot Ledger." "Nobody saw it, but now I got Bensovitch on record." "So, I file a motion..." "To depose Bensovitch a second time." "Alright?" "and Wilson Rogers, that smug son of a bitch, he files a motion, opposing my motion." "And that's when I have him." " Have him how?" " Rogers opposes my motion." "So, I have to make an argument as to why I'm allowed to depose Father Bensovitch... a second time, okay?" "But this time, I'm allowed to attach exhibits." " Do you follow what I'm saying?" " The sealed documents?" "Yes." "I can attach the sealed documents..." "That I've gotten in discovery Mr Rezendes." "The same documents that your paper is currently suing for." " You're shitting me!" "?" " What?" "No, no I'm not shitting you." "So, I pull out the 14 most damning docs... and I attach them to my motion." "And they proove everything." "Everything." "About the Church, about the Bishops, about Law." "And it's all public." "Because your motion... to oppose Rogers' motion..." "Is public, yeah." "Exactly." "Now you're paying attention." "And so I could just walk into that courthouse right now, and get those documents?" "No, you cannot." "Because the documents are not there." "But you just said that they're public." "I know I did." "But this is Boston." "And the Church does not want them to be found." "So, they are not there." "Mitch, are you telling me that the Catholic Church... removed legal documents..." " from that courthouse?" " Look, I'm not crazy." "I'm not paranoid." "I'm experienced." "Check the docket, you'll see." "They control everything." "Everything." "I gotta go back in." "They got the fuckin' documents!" " Docket entry #49, from the Geoghan case" " Okay, Thank you." " We close in 10 minutes." " 10 minutes?" "Alright." " Robby." " Hey, it's me." " Hey." " You're not gonna believe it." "Garabedian gave me a tip." "Some of the sealed docs are already public." "They're part of a motion he filed." "He said they're the .best of the bunch" "We don't have to wait for Sweeney's ruling." "So we can get them?" "Yeah, but they're not there." "I already talked to Albano." "He said all we have to do is... file a motion and Sweeney will... order Mitch to refile the docs." "And you think these documents are...?" "He said these 14 docs are all we need." " They're huge." " Okay." "I'll call Ben." "Good work." " What happened?" " They're saying it's a prop plane." "But that's not a prop plane." "Tell Linda to get... every reporter we have in here now." "You pray for the victims, You pray for the injured..." "And you pray for those who survived." "You pray too, for the nation." "That our response to this... might reflect the best ideals of our nation." "And even more, reflect God's own teaching." "Not only as it's shown in Christianity... and Judaism, but in Islam as well." " Not bad, who's there?" " Paulson." "I wanna talk to him when he's back." "Did Rezendes find a way to get to Florida yet?" "They just opened the airport in Providence, he's on his way there now." " Then I'm gonna need more people on Masport." " I'll give you 3 of my guys." "Robby, put your team on that too." " And Robby, everything else stops." " Understood." " Why is Mike going to Florida?" " Flight school." "It's where they learned to fly." "Robby" "I've got a lot of victim interviews set up this week" " Well, you'll have to cancel them." " That's gonna be hard." "I know." "This is nuts." "Two days ago..." "I told my wife we gotta be working... on the biggest story on the planet." " Boston Globe." " Boston Globe, one moment please." " Yes, if you have a tip..." "Mitchell Garabedian." "Mitch, it's Mike." "I've been trying to reach you." "I don't have time to talk to you Mr Rezendes." "Hey, just quickly, did you re-file those docs yet?" "No, I just got the order." " It takes time." " Okay, Great." "Can you hold off... on refiling them?" "I have to go to Florida." "Once you refile they're public." "Other newspapers will be able to get a hold of them." ""Other newspapers" are not my concern." "I received a judicial order." "I told you the Church is watching me." "Hey Mitch, please." "All I need is a few more weeks." "I can't make any promises." "Goodbye." "Mitch!" "Mitch!" "Shit!" "Shit!" "Look, I get it." "No one wants to read about kids getting raped by priests." "Especially now, but you asked... a lot of people to relive... some very painful experiences...." "Phil, you know why we were taken off of the story..." "It's been 6 weeks since 9/11." "I realise that, and we're gonna get back to it." "When!" "?" " You're doing the same thing you guys did last time." " No." " You're dropping us." " No." "Maybe I should tell the Herald that story." "Okay Phil, you go ahead and do that." "It'll undo all the work we've done." "But I can't stop you." "Listen to me, I am here because I care." "We're not going away." "We're gonna tell this story." "We're gonna tell it right." "We just need a little more time." "That's all we're asking for." "Why bother asking?" "You're gonna do what you want anyway." "You always do." "Phil!" "..." "Phil!" " Hey" " How's Southbeach?" "Boynton Beach." "Remarkably different place." "What's up?" "Mitch Garabedian called me today." "Why'd he call you?" "'Cause he knew you'd yell at him." "He re-filed the docs" "What!" "?" "Robby those docs are public now." "We gotta get there before anyone else does." "I know, I know, I know." "Just wrap up whatever you're doing." "And get the first flight out." "I'll book a flight now, go straight to the courthouse tomorrow." " Alright, call me when you get in." " Okay." "Robby, I'd like to let Phil Saviano know that we're back on it." "Good idea." "Go have dinner with Hansi." "Might be the last time for a while." " Robby..." " Yeah?" "After we saw Macleish, I started going back through the clips... and I had a little time last week finally, so..." "I found that." "It's from '93 That it?" "Yeah, yeah that's it." " Good night." " Okay." "Good night." "So, I was probably a few years after you right?" "No." "You were, more than a few." "Believe me." "Well, after BC High I came down to Providence... played hockey for the Fires." "Oh, you musta been pretty good." "No, rode the bench in college." "Yeah." "But I loved the city." "And we'd just had our third kid." "And I still get my Globe for the wrecking." "Ah that's good to know, good to know." "Look Kevin..." "It's actually why I'm here." "I... need to ask you some questions about Father Talbot." " How'd ya find out?" " Well..." "I guess it doesn't matter." "I never even told my wife." "Excuse me!" " Hey!" "Hey!" "Hey!" "I need to get in there!" " We're closed." "C'mon, let me in there." "Five minutes." "I'm sorry, we're closed." "C'mon!" "Five minutes." "Fuck!" "There ya go." " This is the Geoghan case" " That's right." " Those records are sealed." " No." "That's a public motion." "Those records are public." "Look, I work for the Globe.." "Good for you." " Can I talk to your supervisor?" " He's not in today." "What about a Judge?" "There must be Judges that work on this kind of thing." "Sixth floor." "We understand the nature... of the allegations against Father Talbot." "I'm just not sure what you want from President Kemeza." " Talbot taught here long before Bill took over." " Of course." "We just wanna know if it's possible that..." "The President, the faculty, the board..." "That no one knew what was going on at the time." "I graduated in 1979 and, I had no idea about any of this so..." "If you're suggesting that Father Gibbons and..." "Father Calahan had in any way..." "Gibbons and Calahan..." "I mean, they ran this place like the Navy." "You really think they didn't know?" "It's a big school Robby." "You know that." "And we're talking about 7 alleged victims over what, 8 years?" "No, we're talking about..." "7 that we know about." "This is ridiculous!" " You're reaching for a story here." " Jack." "Jack, Jack." "If I had been President then, I would have known." "Bill I'm not sure if that's relevant." "Why do you think they sent Talbot to Cheverus?" "You know they wanted him out of town." "Robby, as well intentioned... as Bill's remarks are, I'm hoping... we can keep this between us, until we can all get on the same page." "Is that why we're here?" "To get on the same page?" "No we're here because you're... an important alumnus Robby, and a friend." "Exactly." "And we know... you care about the school as much as we do." "Did you play a sport here Jack?" "Yeah, football." "Why?" "I ran track." "You know I went to Providence yesterday... to talk to one of Father Talbot's victims." "He played hockey here." "And..." "He was one of the better ones." "Got a wife, kids..." "Good job." "'Bout 10 minutes into ... the conversation, guy breaks down." "You know, couldn't stop crying." "Said he could never figure out..." "Why Father Talbot picked him." "Father Talbot coached the hockey team." "So..." "I guess we just got lucky..." "You and me." "Does Jack Dunn work for the school?" "No." "He's PR for Boston College." "They call him when they need help." "And Pete Conley, why was he there?" "Good question." "Pete's a big alum, but I called Bill directly... and I asked for a sit-down." "I never mentioned anybody else." "It's like everybody already knows the story." "Yeah, except us." "And we work right there." " Judge Volterra?" " Yes?" "Hi, I'm Mike Rezendes from the Boston Globe." "I've been having some trouble... accessing some public records down in the records room." "I was wondering if I could have a word with you?" " Alright." " Thank you." "These exhibits you're after Mr Rezendes..." "They're very sensitive records." "With all due respect Your Honour, that's not the question." "The records are public." "That may be so, but tell me..." "Where is the editorial responsibility, in publishing records of this nature?" "Well, where is the editorial responsibility in not publishing them?" "You can't take those." "You need to make copies." " I'm going to the copy room." " It closed at 4." "Look, I'll give ya... 83 bucks to use yours." "Hey!" "Cabby!" "Hey!" "Hey!" "Hey!" "Hey!" "Take me to the Boston Globe on Morrissey Blvd." "Don't take 93, take Dorchester Ave." "Robby, it's incredible." "Law knew about Geoghan for years, no question." "There's a letter to Law from a woman, Margaret Gallant who lived in Jamaica Plain." "in the early 80's when Geoghan was there." "Listen to this." "Our family is rooted in the Church." "Our desire... is to protect the holy orders." "Even in the midst of our agony... over the 7 boys in our family, who have been violated." "7 Robby. 7 boys!" "It was suggested we keep silent." "We did not question the authority of the Church..." "two years ago, but since Father Geoghan... is still in his Parish..." "But she sent it to Law and Law did shit!" "Here's another one to Law, same year." "Listen to this." "A word on the recent assignment of Father Geoghan... as an associate at Saint Julia's in Westen." "Father Geoghan has a history of homosexual involvement with young boys." "I understand... his recent departure from Saint Brendan's... may be related to this problem." "I wonder if Father Geoghan should not be... reduced to just weekend work while... receiving some kind of therapy." "You know how grateful I am to you for your constant concern..." "Sincerely yours in our Lord" "Most Reverant John M Darcy..." "Auxillary Bishop of Boston, December 7 1984" " An Auxillary Bishop wrote that?" " That's incredible!" "He broke ranks, I mean..." "When did Gallant write her letter?" " In 1984." " And Law just ignored it." "How do you ignore that freakin' letter?" "We got him." "You can't read these letters... and think anything else." "It's proof." "Yeah, it is." " This is good work." " Should we take it up to Ben?" " No, not yet." " Why not?" "We got Law." "This is it." "No this is Law covering for one priest." " There's another 90 out there." " Yeah, and we'll print that story... when we get it, but we gotta go with this now." "No, I'm not gonna rush the story Mike." "We don't have a choice Robby." "If we don't rush to print, somebody else is gonna find these letters... and butcher the story." "Joe Quimby from the Herald was at the freakin' courthouse." "So we'll write a holding story... and keep our eye on the Herald." " Keep our eye on the Herald?" " Yeah." "They run this and they get it wrong..." "The Church will bury it." "We gotta do this now." " Mike, Mike." " What?" "Why are we hesitating?" "Baron told us to get Law." "This is Law." "Baron told us to get the system." "We need the full scope." "That's the only thing that will put an end to this." "Then let's take it up to Ben and let him decide." "We'll take it to Ben when I say it's time." "It's time Robby!" "It's time!" "They knew!" "and they let it happen." "To kids!" "Okay?" "It could have been you, it could have been me." "It could of been any of us." "We gotta nail these scumbags." "We gotta show people... that nobody can get away with this." "Not a priest, or a Cardinal, or a freaking Pope!" " You finished?" " Yeah I am." "This is bullshit!" "You okay?" " Hey Hansi." " Hard day at work, Mike?" " Here" " Thank you." "I don't know why I got so pissed off." "I think Robby's wrong." "You know, You're just..." "You care about the story Mike." "We all do." "Yeah, I guess." "I stopped going to Church with my Nanna." "It was..." "It was too hard." "I'd be sitting there, and I'd start thinking about Joe Crowley... or someone else and I just..." "I just got so angry." " Did you tell her why?" " She goes to Church... 3 times a week, Mike." "It really pisses me off." "You know?" "I actually really liked going to Church when I was a little kid." " Why'd you stop?" " Typical shit." "But the weird thing is..." "I think I..." "I think I figured that maybe one day..." "I would actually go back." "I was holding on to that." "And then I read those letters..." "and something just... cracked." " It's a shitty feeling." " Yeah." "It's a shitty feeling." " Looks like a long day." " Hey Pete." "I'm sorry to make it longer." "Brian." "Yeah, well I've never said no to a drink with you, Pete." "Well sure." "But the trick is, to keep asking." " For Boston." " For Boston." " So um..." "You here for the Cardinal?" " Oh no, no, no." "I wouldn't..." "I wouldn't presume to speak for the Cardinal, no." "You know..." "You got a lot of people here respect you Robby." " Yeah." " The work you do." " That's good to know." " Yeah, it's because you care about this place." "Yeah" "That's why you do what you do, it's who you are." "But people need the Church." "More than ever right now." "You know?" "You can feel it." "And the Cardinal..." "You know, the Cardinal, he might not be perfect... but we can't throw out... all the good he's doing over a few bad apples." "I'm bringing this up to you because I know this is Baron's idea, his agenda." "I gotta tell you, honest to god, I mean..." "He doesn't care about this city the way we do." "I mean, how could he?" " This is how it happens, isn't it Pete?" " What's that?" "Guy leans on a guy and suddenly... the whole town just looks the other way." "Robby, Robby..." "Look here..." "Marty Baron is just trying to make his mark." "Gonna be here for a couple of years... and he's gonna move on." "Just like he did in New York, and Miami." "Where are you gonna go?" "Good night Robby." "Brian." " Hey, Pete." " Yeah?" "When we do run the story," "I'm gonna need a comment from the Cardinal." "We'll talk again later." "Good night, Robby" "Night Pete." "Robby." "What?" "No shit." "When?" "Okay." "Yeah." "Hey!" "What's up?" "Sweeney ruled in our favour." "She ruled to unseal the documents." "Jesus!" "The Church has already filed an appeal... but the trial court ruling... is generally upheld in these matters." "And when would we get the documents?" "Probably takes calling a few weeks to rule," "Then there's the redaction process." "I'd say they'd be made public, Mid-January." " Okay." " Alright." " Thanks John." " You bet." " Nice work." " Yeah, thanks." " Metro should run something Marty." " We can't run this one big." "Why wouldn't we?" "It's a... major first ammendment victory." "Not to mention you get an Irish-Catholic Judge... ruling against the Church?" " That's a hell of a precedent." " We don't want the Herald..." " going deep on this." " Why is that?" " You're going to have to step out, Peter." " I'm not stepping out." "Peter..." " When did you?" "..." " A couple of weeks ago." "A couple of weeks?" "Yeah." " And you're telling us now?" " These are substantial." "They clearly show that Law was negligent." "I need more time." "I wanna keep digging." " For what?" "This is the god damn story." " It's not the whole story." "Tough shit, we're on the clock now." "Even if we don't run Sweeney's ruling... another paper could find these letters and fuck the story." "Agreed." "But we run these... letters alone, Law apologizes." "Says it's a one time thing." "He can bury it." "¿How?" "These clearly show he knew... and did nothing about it." "Look, I'm close to stories on 70 priests." "We nail that, along with those letters... this is proof, that this is bigger than Law." "It's the whole system." "You have multiple sources... confirming all of those priests?" "On some." "I can get more." "Too risky." "If we're not buttoned up... on every single one of them, the Church will pick us apart." "." "I think I can get us someone from the other side of the aisle." " Somebody inside the Church?" " Yeah, a lawyer." " Will he go on the record?" " Deep background." "But he's a solid source." "Rezendes needs time to write the story." "We don't wanna... drop it at Christmas, not after 9/11." "We can run it just after New Year's." "Before they... release the rest of the documents." "Alright." "Tell Canellos to bury the ruling in Metro." " You got 6 weeks." " Thank you." "Tell Mike I want a draft by Christmas." " And we need a response from Lake Street." " Yeah." "Who does PR for the Cardinal?" "Still Jonh Walsh?" "No, It's somebody new." "Donna Morrissey." "She came from TV, she's young." "Good, get a quote." "We need something from Law to appear even handed." "And Robby, next time give me a god damn heads up." "Will do." "♪ Silent night ♪ Holy night" "♪ All is calm" "♪ All is bright ♪ Round young virgin, Mother and child" "♪ Holy infant so tender and mild" "♪ Sleep in heavenly peace ♪ Sleep in heavenly peace ♪ Silent night" "♪ Holy night" "♪ Shepherd's quake at the sight" "♪ Glory streams from heaven afar/i" "♪ Heavenly hosts sing Hallelujah!" "Robby, what a nice surprise." "Come on in." "Hey hun..." "look who I found outside." "Karen, can you give us a minute?" " Sure." " Good to see you, Karen." "What's up?" "I'm out of time, Jim." "We've got cover-up stories on 70 priests." "But the boss isn't gonna run it unless..." "I get confirmation from your side." "Are you out of your mind?" "C'mon, this is our town Jimmy." "Everybody knew something was going on and no one did a thing." "We gotta put an end to it." "Don't tell me what I gotta do." "Yeah, I helped defend these scumbags, but that's my job Robby." "I was doin' my job!" "Yeah." "You and everyone else." "Get out of my house." "Hey!" "You come to my home and lay this shit on me?" "You were right, Robby." "We all knew something was going on." "So where were you?" "What took you so long?" "I don't know, Jim." "Give me the list." "Larry, we're going to press in 6 hours." "Donna Morrissey said she'd call us with a quote from Law hours ago." " That's what I've got" " When did you talk to her?" " Okay." "Okay Larry." " Yeah." "Yeah that's good to know." " Thanks Pete" " Anything?" "Conley said that Donna Morrissey should have called." "He just left Lake St." "Yeah, Raskey said the same thing." "This is ridiculous." "You'd think they'd..." " wanna get ahead of this." " I mean, they'd be idiots not to." "I would love to see their faces when they read this thing man." "You know Sunday's the feast of the epiphany?" "That seems appropriate." "Mike Rezendes." "Hey Donna." "Thanks for calling." "Yeah." "I just had a few questions if you have a minute." "What?" " What?" " Another adjective." " Anything?" " Law just turned us down." " Jesus Christ." " I just got off the phone with Donna Morrissey... she said quote "We don't even... want to know what the question's are"" " endquote" " She really said that?" " Yeah." " Well, that oughta do it." "The Church had no interest in knowing... what the Globe's questions would be." "Work it in somewhere before the jump." "Anything else?" "Matt wants us to put the letters online... so the readers can see for themselves." "We can run the URL at the bottom" " of the article, it's pretty straightforward." " Okay." "We also put the Spotlight tipline at the end of the story... so that people can call in." "It goes directly to our office." "Matt and I can go in in the morning... incase we get any calls." "I'm more concerned about the phones at reception." "After we ran the..." "Porter case, the message centres were tied up for weeks." "It's a real problem." "There were picketers too." "Lots of them." "I'll talk to Richard about the security and the phones." "How are we coming on the follow story?" "Well, we've nailed down multiple stories on 70 priests." " All 70?" " And with confirmation from Robby's source..." "We're ready to go." "We can have a draft next week." "Robby, that source of yours." "Is that something we could revisit?" "Might be tough." "But he has no problem... helping the Church protect dozens of dirty priests." " Guy's a scumbag." " He's a lawyer, he's doing his job." " He's a schill for the Church." " He knew and did nothing." "He could of said something years ago." "Maybe saved some lives." "What about us?" " What's that supposed to mean?" " We had all the pieces." " Why didn't we get it sooner?" " We didn't have all the pieces." "We had Saviano, we had Barrett, we had Geoghan." "We had the directories in the basement." " You know what?" "we got it now." " Robby, this story..." " needed Spotlight." " Mike, Spotlight's... been around since 1970" "So what?" "We couldn't see... the scope of this." "No one could." "Robby this started with one god damn priest." "Macleish sent us a letter on 20 priests years ago." "Sacha found the clip." " You freakin' kidding me?" "20 priests?" " When?" "Just after Porter, December '93." "We buried the story in Metro." " No follow." " That was you, you were Metro." "Yeah." "That was me." "I just turned it over, I don't remember it at all." "But yeah." "Can I... say something here?" "Sometimes it's easy to forget... that we spend most of our time... stumbling around the dark." "Suddenly a light gets turned on and there's... a fair share of blame to go around." "I can't speak to what happened... before I arrived, but..." "All of you have done some very good reporting here." "Reporting that I believe is going to... have an immediate and considerable impact... on our readers." "For me... this kind of story is why we do this." "Having said that, Cardinal Law and... the catholic community are going to... have a very strong response to this." "So if you need a moment, you've earnt it." "But, I will need you back here Monday morning focused, and ready to do your job." " Leaving?" " Yeah" "I uh... just got a call from the Cardinal." "Really?" "Why?" "He wanted to tell me personally that he decided not to comment." "Said he wanted to, extend the courtesy." "Jesus, the balls on that guy." "What'd you say?" "I told him that he was making a mistake and that we were going to run the story." "Damn right we're gonna run it." "Sacha, can I have a drink of water?" "Yeah." "Sure, Nanna." "Yeah." "Can I keep this?" "Sure." "I thought you should see it first." "Thank you for bringing it by." "Now I have some clients that I have to attend to." "Both kids were abused." "Jamaica Plain, 2 weeks ago." "Keep...doing your work Mr Rezendes." "Hello!" "How are you guys doing?" "Good." " Hey" " Morning" " How'd ya sleep?" " Not very well." "You?" "I haven't slept well for months." "I actually started writing." "Writing?" "Yeah." "Been working on a book." "Gives me something else to focus on." " What kind of book?" " Horror." "Spotlight?" "Yeah." "Yeah of course." "Can I get your name please?" " You do know it's Sunday right?" " Couldn't get a tee time." "No picketers." "Yeah." "Probably still at Church." "Hey Linda." "It's quiet huh?" "Yeah." "Easiest overtime..." "I ever made." "Phone hasn't rung once." "Marty sent two of mine down to Spotlight." " Great article guys." " Thank you" " Thanks" " Spotlight?" "The phones have been ringing all morning." " That's right" " Thank you." "Spotlight?" " Mike, can you grab that?" " Yeah, yeah." "They're almost all victims, Robby." "I'm sorry..." "This is Sacha Pfeiffer." "I'm sorry, can you?" "..." "Yes, you can reach me at..." "This is Spotlight." "Thanks so much." "This is Spotlight." "Subtitles by KurganAU Timings by TaMaBin"