"Based on Actual Events" "Boston, MA - 1976" " How's that going?" " Mother's ballin' and the uncle is pissed off." "She's not married?" "Divorced, with 4 kids." "I guess the Father was helping out." "Helping out?" " Hey, Mr. Burke, they're in the 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's that?" "Assistant D.A." "It's gonna be hard to keep the papers from arraignment." "What arraignment?" " You can tell Father Geoghan it won't be much longer." "Now Sheila, you know what I'm going to work..." "The Church does serve to community..." "But I give you my personal guaranty... 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 Sheila, I'm going to give you my personal card." "SPOTLIGHT" " Losing a good reporter is always tough." "Boston Globe Offices" " July 2001" "But losing one of our best..." "Well, to put it this eloquently as I can." "It's a real kick in the ass." "But, Robby here has known Stewart longer than most of you been alive." "So I'll handed off to him." " Robby." "Oh, well, thanks Ben." "I think." "Although I take issue with your reference to my seniority." "I will say that Stewart's departure is specially... painful for me, because..." "For what?" "Stewart, 20 years now?" "Stewart's been more than willing ... to part with his money at a 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." "A corner office... sits empty." "The new editor arrives on monday." "So I'm sorry buddy, but..." "I got to ask you." "What the hell do you know?" "How's the cake?" "It's really good." "You saving yours?" "No, that's for Mike." "I can't ever eat those things, they are kinda depressing." "I know." "Did you see the numbers from Washington?" "Yeah, very interesting." "I'm not asking if the PD is lying, I know they're lying." "All I'm asking who's behind it?" "Ok, 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 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 Cahill 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." " What's just not Spotlight?" " PD numbers." " The numbers story, feels thin." "Oh, you got Cahill to talk?" "No, but I will." "Good, then know if it's thin." "How did it go upstairs?" "Ok, Robby gave a good speech." "Sure he did." "I heard Lubin and Conor are going to the Times." " C'mon, really?" " Yeah, I heard that." "They are leaching us." "Well, at least they are sending us a guy from Miami to run things." "That should help." "Has Baron even spent time in Boston?" "He's never been here before." "Maybe we should buy him a map." "I have a friend down in Miami, said he cut 15% of the stuff." " Great." " Hey Robby?" "New boss coming in to make some cuts?" "I have no idea." "Aren't you saying none of them?" "Yes I am." "So is it about Spotlight?" "I don't know, Mike." "But I do know that Ben needs an answer on that crime number story." "I'm telling you, I really don't think that story is for us." "Mr. Baron." "Walter Robinson." " Robby." " Thanks for taking time out of your..." " Oh, it's my pleasure." " Appreciate it." " What are you reading?" " Curse of the Bambino." "Oh, yeah." "Great book." "Globe has a season tickets at Fenway... once you settle in, by the way." "Thank you." "To be honest, I'm, I'm not much of baseball fan..." "I'm just trying to get a feel for the city." "Oh, yeah." " So, you're originally from Boston?" " I am, born and raised, yeah." "A lot of the newsroom is from here." "Really feels like a like a local paper in that way." "And did that change at all after the paper was sold to the Times?" " No." "I don't think it had that big of an impact." " Good." "And...you're an editor for the Spotlight team." "I prefer to think of myself... as a player coach, but yes." "Are you familiar with the Spotlight?" "No, not particularly." "Well, we are a four-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 months." " Couple months?" "Yeah, we don't like to rush it." "Once we settle on a project... we can spend a year or more investigating." " Is that a concern?" " Not necessarily." "But, from what I understand, leadership is to how an 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, but... what I'm more focused on right now is... finding a way to make this paper... essential to its readers." "I like to think it already is." "Fair enough." "I just think that we can do better." " Mr. Bradlee." " Hey." " Saw the PD numbers, looks interesting?" " Yeah, there's something there." " How long do you need?" " Another week." " Where are you going?" " 10.30." "Since when?" " 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 about you?" "Oh, he's a barrel of laughs." "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." " Ok, Peter." " Peter Canellos, Metro." "I've got a major big date closure..." " Hey, Steve." " Mike." "Hey." " Crappy game last night." " Hm, they aren't even worth a nickel." "Listen, what's, what's Eileen McNamara doing in 10.30?" "You need something, Mike?" "No." "Just curious." "Go be curious somewhere else." "I got work to do." " Okay, Steve, see you." " Yeah." "And it looks like Pedro is going to be out till September 1st." "Jimmy says he could be back this year, but the doctor didn't seem so sure." "Where is the Pez opener?" " Is that everyone?" " Yes, that's it." "Ok, good, thank you." "Did everyone read Eileen McNamara column this weekend?" " That's the Geoghan case?" " Yeah." "What's the follow on that?" "It's a column, what kind of follow were you thinking?" "Well, apparently this priest molested kids... in 6 different parishes over the last 30 years." " And the attorney for the victims, Mr. ..." " Garabedian." "Thanks Eileen." "Mr. Garabedian says Cardinal Law... found about it 15 years ago and did nothing." "Yeah, I think that attorney is a bit of crank... and the Church dismissed the claim." "He said, she said." "Whether Mr. Garabedian is a crank or not... he says he has documents to prove that Cardinal knew." "And as I understand that those documents are under a seal." "Okay, but the fact remains that Boston priest... abused 80 kids." "We have a lawyer... who says he can prove Law knew about it... and we have written all of... 2 stories in the last 6 months." "This strikes me as an essential story... to a local paper." "I think that at 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 would read that as us suing them." "So will everybody else." "Good to know." "Gutsy call for a first day." "That's one word for it." "How do you think that's gonna play down front?" "I think Gilman's gonna shit a brick." " Hey." " Door." "How did it go?" "Well, Baron wants to sue for... the sealed docs in the Geoghan case." "Wants to sue the Church?" "Hey, that's great!" "We covered Geoghan when the story broke 3 years ago." "Baron was still in Miami." "Thinking might have been The Times then actually." "He wasn't here." "So do you think that sue has a chance?" " Depends on the judge." " And what parish he belongs to." "Bradlee." "Yeah." "Ok." "Baron wants to talk to us." "Us?" "Okay, Jim, thank you." "Yes." "Okay, thanks." "I've set up a meeting for tomorrow with an outside counselor." " 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 the very thorough investigation in the Geoghan case?" "Is that right?" "No." "It's not." "We looked hard at Geoghan." "David Armstrong from Metro... and Michael Polson through religion." "Okay, but..." "Just so that I understand..." "Beyond our daily coverage, we haven't commited any long- term investigative resources... to the question 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 PD story I told you about." " Could you set that aside?" " We could." "Marty, in the past, Spotlight's had success in large part ... because they picked 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 did it go?" "Okay." "Baron wants us to scrub the Geoghan case." " That's great." " Didn't we cover Geoghan?" "There's a lawyer alleging Cardinal Law knew about it." "Mitch Garabedian, right?" " Yeah." "I covered him at the courthouse." "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 who is 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 PD?" "I vote yes." "No, we should set that aside for now." "Listen." "I don't need to tell you guys this... we need to be more discreet than usual." "All right?" "Everybody's gonna be interested in this." "Not just Herald." "We can't get Cardinal Law get on this till we know what we have." "Good luck with that." "So when are you leaving?" "The bus is picking us up at Church parking lot at 9 o'clock." " We got 40 going." " And is Father Dominic going?" "No, he says he's unlucky." "But luck has nothing to do with it." "You know, last time nana won $160." " You gonna tell us?" " We don't even know if there's a story yet." "Well, club's in Church." "There's gonna be a story." "Hey Lisa, could you pull all the relative clips on that for me?" "Yeah." "This is for Spotlight?" "Just drop 'em off when they're ready, thanks." "Excuse me, do you know where the publishers office is?" "Will do it." "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 the 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, people 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 Boston Globe," "I'm here to see Mitchell Garabedian." " He's on a call, please have a seat." " Okay." "All right, I'm listening, go ahead." "Okay." "Bill, where the hell are those papers?" "I asked you to put them on 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." "Youd don't play golf, do you?" " No." " Good." "Your colleague here, took some money off me... at the 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 are familiar with the Geoghan case?" "Sure, 80 plaintiffs." "All of them individual cases, Garabedian must be swimming." "Yeah, any allegation against Cardinal Law?" "Yeah, it's tricky." "This is what you need to understand, these are shitty cases." "Statute of limitation is only 3 years, and most of these... victims don't come forward till long after that." " Why is that?" " Well they're kids, you know?" "Guilt, shame..." "And most of these kids come from tough neighbourhood, 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 charitable immunity statute... caps damages at 20 grand." "20 grand, for molesting a child?" "That is the way the system is set up, yes." "The Church is tough, so... your best shot is to try this cases in the press." "Like I did on Porter." "But you know, most of the victims they don't wanna... have anything do to with TV ... and Mitch isn't exactly a people person." "Yeah, if Garabedian can get his victims to go before the press... that is really..." "That's right, and he has a long road ahead of him." "My guess is, he doesn't have anything on Law." " What do you think, he's bluffing?" " I think he's grandstanding... to cut a better deal." " Seems a bit reckless." " Have you met Mitch Garabedian?" "I asked you to write me that motion, Bill," "I didn't ask you to file it." "Hey Bill..." "Hi." " Who are you?" " I'm Mike Rezendes from Boston Globe..." "I had an appointment with you, about an hour ago." "I can't talk to you, I'm busy." "Sharon!" "She went for coffee, she said she'll be right back." "I'm not 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 here somewhere." "It's all right, I'll track it down." "I'm actually following up on a column... that Eileen McNamara wrote about your suit." "Suits, 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 are 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 try to bring me up... before the Massachusetts Board of Bar Overseers 3 times?" "They are 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." " Ok." "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, there's a reason I didn't see it." "Nobody reads a Phoenix anymore... they're broke, they don't have any power." "The Globe does." "If we cover the story, everybody will hear about it." "The Church thinks in centuries, Mr. Rezendes." "Do you think your paper has resources to take that on?" "Yeah, I do." "But if you don't mind me asking..." "Do you?" "I can't talk to you right now, Mr. Rezendes." "I'm very, very busy." " Sharon." " Thank you." "Yeah, yeah." "Can I at least talk to some of the clients?" "Victims?" "I'd really like to do that." " Call me tomorrow, I gotta think about it." " Thank you." "Yeah, yeah." "A FAMILIAR PATTERN" "Porter faces Mass. court as '87 abuse claim arises" " I got more clips from the library." " Leave 'em 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 victims organization." "Kurkjian did a story on him right after the Porter case." "As of victims organization?" "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 do you need to get through the clips?" "I mean, a few days, there's a lot." " Lisa is still sending up more." " Okay." "Hey guys, I think I got another priest." "Liam Barrett." "Molested some kids in Philly, and 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 our Lance Diego, written in 1987, must have been back... when he worked on religion." " Was there any follow?" " Not much, only shows one piece." "The Church settled the case." " Don't you know Jim Sullivan?" " Yeah." "Why?" "Looks like the Church bought him in to help out" "Jesus." "Should be Manning on the ball in field." " Why do you even bother with that thing?" " It distracts me from the game." "You know what else is good for that?" "Oh, yeah." "Good idea, buy a round." "I'll be right back." " Anybody want any food?" " A hotdog." " So you guys making any progress?" " Absolutely, it's a good story." "Why?" "Because you're another left Catholic pissed off at the Church?" " We got a lot of good stuff." " Like what?" "I'm just watching the game." "Omerta." " They got another priest, Liam Barrett." " We reported it." "I'm just saying, we did." "Okay, but this guy was shuffled a lot... from parish to parish every few years ... just like Geoghan and Porter." "I think there's a pattern." "Sounds thin." "What else you got?" "Sacha's got another guy from a victims organization." "Phil Saviano." " From SNAP?" "Oh boy, we reported on him too." "I thought you were watching a game, Steve." " That guy is pretty paint up, Mike." " We did a couple stories on him." " Guy would not stop writing letters." " He wants a holy war." " So, he's not worth talking to?" " Where are you on Garabedian?" "I'm working on it." "Robby say Macleish thinks he's bluffing." " I think there's something there Ben." " Get me something solid or I'm taking you off him." "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 could reach that trap before." " Yeah, now Paul." " How we doin'?" " Good." "We're two up in 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 he's a... first Jewish editor of The Globe." "Must be 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 not married man... of the Jewish faith who hates baseball." " Yeah." " So you give him to Ben." "It's Brad for crying 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." "Leaks that extra help we pitched in." "Victims said Cardinal Law knew about..." "Barrett, when he came to 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 a 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." " Right over here." " Lets go, lets 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 couldn't 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 this clips of Saviano." "Yeah, Ben and Steve thinks 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 bring Saviano in." " So, just ignore those guys?" "I think we got to start ignoring everybody on this one." "I'm good at that." "Huh." "You think Marty has any idea what's coming down the pike?" "No, I don't think he cares either." "That's refreshing." "Yeah." "Unless he's wrong." "I have always been fascinated with the newspaper business." "I used to sit in on the lectures with... the Nieman fellows, when I was at Harvard." "I, I read that you were an editor once." "Yes." "That was a very long time ago." "The Mississippi Register." "Small." "Diocese in newspaper." "But for 30-year-old pastor, it was a big responsibility." "Too much tough 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's... still a small town too, Marty." "In any ways." "But if I can be of any help, Marty, don't hesitate to ask." "I find that the city flourishes... when its great institutions works together." "Thank you." "Personally, I'm of the opinion... that for the paper to best perform its function... it really needs to stand alone." "Of course." "But my offer still stands." "Thank you." "Come in." "Thank you, Maureen." "Little gift, Marty." "Think of it as a cardinal's guide to the city of Boston." "CATHOLIC CHURCH CATECHISM" " I'm here to see Sacha Pfeiffer." " Your name?" " Phil Saviano." " Okay, just a minute." "So, am I the first survivor you've talked to?" " Yeah, sure 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'll have... the full cooperation of my organization, SNAP." "How many members are in your organization Phil?" "We had 11, at our last chapter meating..." "No 10, Karen just moved." "You had a woman in your group?" "Of course there was a woman, they don't discriminate, not when it comes to abuse." "And this has nothing to do with being gay." "What this is, is a priest using the collar to rape kids." "Kids, boys and girls." "PHIL SAVIANO AGE 11" "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 the Church of my grandmother sometimes." "It's safe to say we were all raised Catholic, but now..." "Not so much." "Okay, well let me tell you..." "When you are poor kid from a poor family, religion counts for a lot." "And when a priest pays attention to you, it's a big deal." "He ask you to collect the hymnals, or take out the trash, you feel special." "It's like God asking for help." "Maybe it's a little weird when he tells you a dirty joke... but now you got a secret together." "So you go along." "Then he shows you a porno mag." "And then 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's spiriutal abuse too." "Then 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 a Gauthe case in Louisiana." " That's G..." " G-a-u-t-h-e." "I talked to Richard Sipe, he worked in one of... the Church's treatment centers." "He is an ex-priest." "Married a nun." "Yeah." "This is his testimony from the Cass case." "Phil, what's a treatment center?" "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." " But Phil, we did run a couple 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, this is a whole country, it's a whole world." "And it goes right up to the Vatican." " Do you have any proof ot 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've 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." "Come on." "Well...what do you think?" " The guy's got an agenda, that's for sure." " You think?" "He's obviously been through a lot, but he's smart and... it's right about 13 priests." "Yeah, and might be a big if with this guy." "Do a background check on him." "And follow up some of the other survivors of this group." "I'll track down this ex-priests." "Sipe." "Ok, 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 you?" " I'm fine Mr. Rezendes." " Good, you know, I've never heard back from you..." "I left you a couple of messages." "I know." "I've been very busy, I don't have time for calls." "Geez, I'm sure you don't." "Listen, listen Mitch." "Let me talk to a couple of the victims." "You can sit in on the interviews... and if you're not happy, you could 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 a run for Spotlight." "Spotlight is 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 at 9:30 a.m." " Thank you." " Ms. Pfeiffer." " Joe." "Hi." " Shit." " That's ok." " I'm sorry." "Please sit." " No problem." "Thank you." " Is this table okay?" " This is perfect." "I had a muffin while I was waiting." "Two, 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 all right?" "You don't mind if I take some notes, do you?" "Are you gonna use my name?" "No." "I'm not if you don't want me to, no." "I just had a kid, he's only 1... but I'm not sure I want him to know about this." "Sure, I get that." "You can stop this interview at any time, Patrick." " All right?" " Okay." "All right." " Go ahead with your notes..." " Okay, so..." "Where'd you live when it first happened?" "In the Projects, over in Hyde Park." " Over by the Stop  Shop?" " Yeah, you know it?" "Yeah, I drove a cab for a few years." "Opened really bad coffee, right?" "Yeah, I guess." "How old were you when it happened?" "I was 12." "Just after my dad killed himself." " Oh, geez." " He was a real piece of shit." "And my mom, she wasn't so stable either." " How do you mean?" " I mean she was nuts." " She was 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 Shanley." "He was a street priest, long hair, very hip." " He invited me to his inhabit in Back Bay." " Where in Back Bay?" " Beacon Street." " Beacon, okay." "Are you from here?" "No, I grew up in Ohio but my mom is from Southie." "I see you got it." "I've never even seen Back Bay." "So, what happened on that first visit, Joe?" "Well, it 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, lik over a baby's crib," "but with different words." "Homosexual, transexual, bisexual." "Okay." "And did you know that you were gay at that time, Joe?" "Yes, 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." "Of course I lost." "And things went on from there." "Can you tell me specifically what happened?" "Specifically, 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 mom, you know she's..." "She's thrilled." "And... this was like God showing up, you know?" "Sure, right." "So what happened then?" "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, you know, and then... his hand just..." "slides right up and... he grabs my dick, all right?" "I just froze up." "I was fuckin' 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." "Just melted down my arm." "Did you..." "Did you see him again after that?" "Yeah." "All right, 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?" "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, like... why would I ever do that to some creepy guy who's 30 years older than me, but... but what you have to understand is that this is the first time in my life" "that someone told me that 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, 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." "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 this assholes, will ya?" "He's one of the lucky ones." "He is still alive." " Do you want a cup of tea, Sacha?" " I'm okay, nana." "Thanks." " Hello?" " Hi, Joe, it's Sacha Pfeiffer." " Hi Sacha, how are you?" " I'm good, thanks." "Listen, Joe, I just want a 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 you to do anything about it?" "No, the meetings weren't really about that." "We meet a couple of them canonical lawyers, 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, I'm 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 TV a lot during the Porter case." "He was handsome." " Was it Eric Macleish?" " Yeah, that's him." "Macleish." "I thought he was very handsome." " Hey." " Hey." "I was just in the newsroom..." "Jugde Sweeney set a date for the hearing." " Really, when?" " In two weeks, in Springfield." "Canellos started a pool of 10 bucks to get in." "Anyone picking The Globe?" "He's only taking bets on how fast Sweeney rules against us." " Robby." " Hi, it's me." " Did you get my message?" " I did." "Looks like Father Shanley could be our fourth priest." " Yeah, I think he is." " Did you follow up on Macleish?" "I just talked with Phil, he said Macleish... dealt with a number of these cases." " I 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." "all right, call me after yo do." " Good night." " Okay, good night." "Hey." "You on to Jack?" "Yeah, I'm late for dinner, you wanna walk me out?" "Sure." " Jesus, does this guy ever go home?" " Apparently not." "I got guys pull in till he does, he's wearing over the goddamn newsroom." " Where are we on Geoghan?" " Yeah, following up on more victims." " Hey I want to expend the investigation." " Why?" "We got a fourth priest, it might be as many as 13." " 13?" " Yeah." " Who's your source?" " Phil Saviano." "Oh, Jesus Christ, Robby, I told Mike..." "I know, 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 is this?" "It's Richard Sipe." "Oh, yeah, hey Richard, how are you?" "I'm good." "Thanks for calling." "Look..." "Phil Saviano gave me your name," "I was wondering if I could ask you a few questions?" " Of course, yeah." " Great." "So, Phil told me that you were working at one of... the Church's treatment centers in Baltimore?" "Yes, the Seton Psychiatric Institute." "It was run by the Daughters of Charity." "And...?" "When was that, Richard?" "Well, I started my psychotherapy fellowship there in 1965." "And I was there for 5 years, then I spend 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." "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 phenomenon." "That's big?" " Hey, Mac." " Hey." "If I wanted historical data on a priest,... parishes he'd been asigned to, where would I find it?" "The Geoghan case?" "It's all in the clips." "Lis has this classed material." "Yeah, what if it was for another priest, one that hadn't been in the papers." " Looking at another priest?" " Who're you looking at?" "Any ideas?" "Come on, Matt." "You're not gonna tell me?" "I got to get to a meeting, thanks, Mac." "Hey, D." "The Archdiocese puts out the annual directory." "Every priest in parish." "That's great." "These go back any further than '98?" "Oh yeah, going back to the 80s in the Mass." "Beyond that, you got to go to the BPL." " The Mass, huh?" "Thanks, Lisa." " You bet." "He said they all target the same kind of kid." "Low income families, absentee fathers,... broken homes." "For guy like Geoghan, he goes after boys, not because he prefers them... but because they are more ashamed, less likely to talk." "And these guys are predators, Robby." "I talked to Sipe." "Said he's seen dozens of them in the 60s in Seton." "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 get anywhere with him?" " More victims." "More victims?" "You can't empty his files." "I'll get to him, I just need more time." " Come on Mike, you got to get them." " I'll get them, I'll get them." "Jesus, what the hell is that smell?" "There's a dead rat in the corner." "What have you got?" "Church directories." "It's every priest in Massachusetts." " What parish they were assigned to." " Is it official?" "Yeah, I figure it would help us track down some... of the priests that Saviano mentioned." "Maybe find some more victims." "Can we turn on some more light in here?" "I couldn't find the switch." "Do you want to borrow my glasses?" " No, I'm good, I'm good." " Look, look at 1983." "John Geoghan, Saint Brendan Parish Dorchester." "So, so we can find out... where any priest is at any given year?" "Yeah, I got him here." "What?" "1980, the year Geoghan was pulled from JP." "Said he's on sick leave." "Come on, it really says that?" "Where is 1991?" " Yeah, here." " Let's see this." "Barry Liam, I can't read this, look for Liam Barry there." "1991 is the year they pulled him of the Charleston abbey." "Burt Liam?" "Yeah." "Sick leave." "That's an official designation." "Get these upstairs." "And Matt, check on those priests Saviano gave us." "Robby." " Hey, I'm down at the Court House." " Yeah." "Something's not right here." "Nothing on Shanley either, Sacha." "Okay, thanks." "Yeah, 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 in 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 the 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 can be disbarred 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 them a sit down with the Bishop and... a little dough, and that's the best they could hope for." "Well, certainly, the best a priest 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 Court House earlier... there aren't any records of any of these settlements." "We dealt directly with the Church." "We withdrew the demand letter and sent 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 defense attorney to help out." " You know 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, that's a freaking racket." " It's more complicated than that." "Macleish has got 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 someting?" "Garabedian would say none." "And that's why he's taking these cases to court." "Because he wants people to know about this." "I agree." "And illegal acts aside, Ben, I mean... operating the way Macleish has, all that guaranteed is that the abuse stayed under wraps." "Yeah." "Did Macleish confirm all Saviano's priests?" "No, he is... limited by his confidentiality agreement." "But clearly he 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 going to check out." " So there's 13 priests?" " Yeah." "Looks that way." "Holy shit!" "Okay, keep going." "CATHOLIC CHARITIES GALA Guest List" "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." " Appreciate you joining us." "We're very proud of the work we do here at 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 high school, BC High, that's a school across the street from the Globe." " It's hard to miss." " Yeah." "Hard to get away from too, apparently." "The Cardinal is 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 cathecism." "Yeah, well, the Cardinal is not known for his subtlety." "During the Porter investigation, he'd literally... call down the power of God on the Globe." "How did that pay out?" "Week later, Earl broke his leg skiing." "Shrimp toast, gentlemen?" "No, thanks." "Thanks." "He said one of the victims' father... 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." "And your wife doesn't mind you working all the time?" "Yeah, she does." "That's why I never got married." "Too busy." "What I do is to important." "Your new editor, he's 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 Armenians do you know in Boston?" "Steve Kurkjian, works at The Globe." "That's two." "You should get a prize or something." " What are you, Italian?" " No, I'm Portugese." " 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, there he is." " Hey." " You want a beer?" " I'd love one." " Another?" "You with Barbara?" " No, no." " She hates these things." " Karen too." " Yeah." " Smart ladies." " Sláinte." " Sláinte." "I met your new editor." " seemed 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 want to talk about this here?" "Jim, you said you helped out on Father Barrett as a favor." "That was a loan off?" "How many of these cases you've 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, Jimmy." "You want to 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 the circulation." "They use a slew of terms." ""Absent on leave"," ""unassigned", "emergency response"." " They have a word for everything, these guys." " Except grief." "And they move parishes way more frequently than other priests." "When I was a kid, priest moved after 7, 8 years." "Sometimes longer." "These guys, it's 2 to 3 years tops." "And did they use this designation... for all Saviano's priests?" " Yeah." " It's a pretty clear pattern." " Guys, I got Sipe." "I think that 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... pedophiles." "So you believe the Church is aware... of the extent of this...crisis?" "Well, absolutely." "After the first major scandal in Louisiana..." "Tom Doyle, the secretary candidate for the papal nuncio, co-opted a report, warning pedophile 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 he shelved it." " Are you kidding me?" " Oh, Richard." "Robby here." "We think we have 13 priests in Boston that fits 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 estimate suggests 6% act out sexually with minors." "6%, of what?" "6% of all priests." "How many priests do we have in Boston?" "About 1,500. 1% is 15, 6% is... 90?" " Right, 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... hippie ex-priest who's shacking up with a nun." "Okay, so we'll track down more victims." "We'll get more priests, then, then we could, we could check them against the directories." " That's a shitload of victims." " We'll get there." "How long is it going to take?" "Too long." " Wait, what, the meeting is over?" " Yeah, for now." " What do 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 so we identify bad priests." "Yeah, exactly." "We search by designation." "You know, we look for any priest... on sick leave or unassigned." " One that's been moved around a lot." " Yeah." "Which can take a load of work." "Well, not if we're all on it." "You too?" "Generally, that's what "all" means, yeah." "Yeah, generally." "Sick leave" "Unassigned" "Unassigned" "Active" "Library is closing!" "Library is closing!" "O' Sullivan, Eugene M. Treatment Center" "Holy shit!" "No freaking way." "KIDS." "Stay away from this house at 276 Pelton Street." "And stay away from the men who live inside it." " Talbot?" " Yeah." " Tivnan?" " Yeah." " Toma?" " Yeah." " Turnbull?" " Yeah." " Walsh?" " Yeah." " Welsh?" " Yeah." " Is that 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 want to 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." "All right, it'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 but..." " Mr. Macleish." " If you call my assistant..." "We have reasons 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." "Eric, how many priests did you sign?" "Robby, you know I can't tell you that." "You're going to give me their names... and the names of their victims." " Are you threatening me?" " We've got two 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 you goddamn clips, Robby." " I didn't find anything in the clips." " Yeah, big surprise." "Richard..." "Do you still go to mass?" "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 separate 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." "And I'm sure they'll come after you and your team soon enough." "Really?" "And how do you think they'll do that?" "Hello?" "Richard?" " Who is it?" " It's the Archbishop of Canterbury." "I had dinner at Santarpio's." "That's some leftovers." "You're the freaking best." "Thanks." "You want a beer?" " Yeah." " You got it." "Jesus." "How much longer you're gonna be in this shithole?" "Yeah, I'm working on it." " She's 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 on this is on a whole other level." "I'm freaking starving." "So, where are we with the 90?" " I'm close." " How close?" "I'm 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, I forgot to ask you." "Hey Phil Saviano said he sent a bunch of... info over to The Globe a years ago, do you have an idea to whom?" " No, why?" " Well, I'm just curious." "I wanted to see if there's any leads you guys didn't run out." "Saviano was a fucking train wreck five years ago, but we didn't miss anything." "This story needed Spotlight." "Yeah, I agree." "I'm just following up." " Good night." " Yeah, good night." " This is unbelievable." " When did you get this?" "Macleish emailed the list this morning." "He settled 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 that 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 that if we run a story with 50 pedophile priests in Boston..." " Mike." " We're getting to 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 this guy 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 the list of all the victims we have, start reaching out." " And bring Matt in if you need help." " Mm-hmm." "Okay." " Hey when do you go to Springfield?" " Hearing's on Monday." "Okay." "Hey, Robby, you got a second?" "Yeah." "I, uh..." "I got one of those treatment centers 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'm just looking for the gentleman by the name of Matthew Walsh." "No, he's not." " 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 any more." "Do you know where he lives?" "Ser, 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 Queens... says she saw him on the streets a few years later." "The bishop came over 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 freakin' 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 that I treated were... psychosexually stunted." "On the emotional level of a 12- or 13-year-old." "Jesus." "Sure the chief knew." "everybody knew." "But nobody wants to cuff a priest." "And what about the prosecutor?" "I shouldn't talk about this shit." "I think you should, actually." "Do you know a Father Hurley or a Father Gale?" "I do." "Just get your shit out of here, all right?" "I'm sorry about it." "You leave me alone, you leave my brother alone... you hear me, goddammit?" "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 the 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, but... 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?" "Darling, 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 at once!" " All right." " I'm sorry, who are you?" " I'm his sister." " And I don't want you coming back here." " Miss Paquin?" "No, you won't, I beat you last time...." "Cause 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 Amendment grounds." "We also have a number of other relevant arguments." "After all, Your Honor, this was a discretionary audit." "Yes, it was made the judges' discretion." "Hey, Mike." "Hey, Joe." "What's a Spotlight reporter doing in Springfield?" "Your boy Albano is sliding uphill." "You actually think you have a shot at winning this thing?" "You want me to comment for the Herald?" ""Globe reporter would not comment, but he did not seem hopeful."" "He didn't try and 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 did they send Father Talbot again?" " I think...wasn't it at Scheffers?" " Scheffers, that's right." "Wait, Father Talbot, from BCI?" " Yeah, you know him?" " Yeah, he was there when I was." " We have a victim?" " Yeah." "Lives in Providence." "There's nothing personal within these documents, Your Honor." "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 the papers." "If Mr. Garabedian, had not... smeared the Cardinal's good name..." " we wouldn't even be here." " Your Honor," "I object to the use of the word "smear"." " Duly noted, Mr. Garabedian." " Thank you, Your Honor." " Anything else, Mr. Rogers?" " No, Your Honor." "Mr. Albano, you may continue." "The Globe believes having..." "Hey Mitch, how you doin'?" "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." "Three years ago I get a call from an ex-priest." "Anthony Benzevich." "He was at Blessed Sacrament back in '62... and he saw Geoghan... taking little boys up to the rectory bedroom, okay?" "So he's bold, all right?" " All right." " Tells the bishop about it." "And the bishop threatens to reassign him." " To South America." " Jesus." "Yeah." "All right, so fast-forward 35 years." "Benzevich reads that Geoghan has been charged... with molesting hundreds of kids, all right, so he feels guilty and he calls me." "So you have a testimony of a priest... telling his superiors about Geoghan in '62?" "No, I do not." "Because when I call Benzevich in to give a deposition..." "He comes in with the lawyer." " Wilson Rogers?" " Right." "And suddenly Father Benzevich 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." " Benzevich went to the press?" " Yeah." "Yeah, local paper Patriot Ledger, nobody saw it, but now I got Benzevich on record." "so, I file a motion to depose..." "Benzevich a second time." "All right?" "And Wilson Rogers, that smug son of a bitch, he files a motion, opposing my motion." "And that's when I have him." " Have, have him how?" " Rogers opposes my motion." "So I have to make an argument as to why am I allowed to... depose Father Benzevich a second time, okay?" "But this time I'm allowed to attach exhibits." " 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 prove everything." "Everything." "About the Church, about the bishops, about Law." "And it's all public because your motion to oppose Rogers motion is public." "Is public, yeah." "Exactly." "Now you're paying attention." "And so I could just walk in to that courthouse right now and get those documents?" "No, you cannot." "Because the documents are not there." "But you just said 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 got to go back." "I just got the fucking documents!" " Docket entry number 49, that's in the Geoghan case." " Okay, thanks." " We close in 10 minutes." " 10 minutes?" "all right." " Rev. James F. Talbot " " 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 are 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 are huge." " Okay." "I'll call Ben." "Good work." " What happened?" " They are 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 want to 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." " Ben I'm gonna need more people on Massport." " I'll give you three of my guys." "Robby, put your team on that too." "Got it." " And Robby, everything else stops." " Understood." " Why is Mike going to Florida?" " Flight school." "That's where they learn to fly." "Robby, I've got a lot of victim interviews set up this week." " We got to cancel them." " That's gonna be hard." "I know." "This is nuts." "Two days ago," "I told my wife we gotta be working... the biggest story on the planet." " Boston Globe." " Boston Globe, one moment please." " Yes if you have a tip, I..." " Boston Globe..." "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 refile those docs yet?" "No, I just got the order." "It takes time." " Okay, great." "Can you hold off... on refiling..." " Hold off?" "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 the 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 this story." "It's been six weeks since 9/11." "I realize that, and we're gonna get back to it." "When?" "You're doing the same thing you guys did the 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 South Beach?" "Boynton Beach." "Remarkably different place." "What's up?" "Mitch Garabedian called me today." "Why did he call you?" "Because he knew you'd yell at him." "He refiled the docs." "What?" "Robby, those docs are public now." "We got to 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 the flight now and go straight to the courthouse tomorrow." " All right, call me when you get in." " Okay." "Robby, I'm going 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." "Lawyer for Porter victims says... 20 other priests in area are accused." "Is 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." "After BC High, I came down to Providence..." "I played hockey for the Friars." "Oh well, you must've been pretty good." "No, rode the bench in college." "Yeah." "But I love the city." "And we just had our third kid... and I still get my Globe for the record." "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 you find out?" " Well..." "I guess it doesn't matter." "I never even told my wife." "Excuse me!" " Hey, hey, I need to get in there!" " We're closed." "Come on, let me in, 5 minutes." "I'm sorry, we're closed." "C'mon. 5 minutes." "Fuck!" "Here you go." " This is the Geoghan case?" " That's right." " Those records are sealed." " No." "That's a public motion." "Those record 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." "6th 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 want to 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 Callahan, had, in any way..." "Gibbons and Callahan..." "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 seven alleged victims over what, eight years?" "Well, we're talking about, you know..." "seven 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 that's relevant." "Why do you think they sent Talbot up 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 all get on the same page." "Is that why we are 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 your sport here, Jack?" "Yeah, football." "Why?" "I ran track." "You know, I went to Providence yesterday... talked to one of Father Talbot's victims." "He played hockey here, and he's one of the better ones." "He's got a wife, kids, good job." "About ten 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 bigger lump, but I called Bill directly... and I asked for a sit down." "I never mentioned anybody else." "Looks 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 troubles accessing some public records down in the records room." "I was wondering if I can have a word with you?" " All right." " Thank you." "These exhibits you're after, Mr. Rezendes..." "They're very sensitive records." "With all due respect, Your Honor, that's not the question." "The records are public." "Maybe 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's been closed at 4 p.m." "Look, I'll give you... $83 to use yours." "Hey, cab!" "Hey!" "Hey!" "Hey!" "Hey!" "Take me to The Boston Globe on Morrissey Boulevard." "Don't take 93, take Dorchester Avenue." "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 80s 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 seven boys in our family"" ""who have been violated."" "Seven, Robby." "Seven 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..."" "Which she sent to Law, and Law did shit!" "Here's another one to Law, same year." "Listen to this." ""Just a word on the recent assignment to Father Geoghan"" ""as an associate at Saint Julius in Weston,"" ""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 you constant concern."" ""Sincerely yours and our Lord,"" ""Most reverend John M. Darcy,"" ""Auxiliary Bishop of Boston, December 7th, 1984."" " An auxiliary bishop wrote that?" " That's incredible." "He broke ranks, I mean..." "when did Gallet write that letter?" " 1984." " And Law just ignored it." "How do you ignore that freaking 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 other 90 out there." "Yeah, we'll print that story when we get it." "But we got to go with this now." "No, I'm not gonna rush this story, Mike." "But 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." "John Quinby from the Herald was at the freaking courthouse." "So we'll write a holding story... and we'll 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 got to 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 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 have 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?" " Hi, Hansi." " Hard day at work, Mike?" " Here." " Thank you." "I don't know why I got so pissed off, you know." "I think Robby is 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 nana." "It was...it was too hard, you know." "I'd be sitting there and I..." "I would start thinking about Joe Crowley or someone else and I just..." "I just got so angry." "Did you, did you tell her why?" "She goes to Church 3 times a week, Mike." "It really pisses me off." "Yeah." "I actually really liked going to Church when I was a little kid." " Why did you stop?" " Typical shit." "But the weird thing is, is..." "I think I..." "I think I figured that maybe one day I would..." "I would actually go back." "I really, I was holding on to that." "Then I read those letters and..." "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..." "Has anyone ever said no to a drink with you, Pete?" "Well, sure." "The trick is to keep asking." " For Boston." " For Boston." " So...you're here for the Cardinal?" " No, no, no." "I wouldn't." "I wouldn't presume to speak for the Cardinal, no." "You know?" "You get a lot of people here respect you, Robby." " Yeah." " With work you do." " That's good to know." " You know, it's cause you care about this place." "Yeah." "That's why you do what you do, that's who you are." "You know 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 few bad apples." "Now, you know 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 it..." "Marty Baron is just trying to make his mark." "He's 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." "Good night, Pete." "Robby." "What?" "No shit." "When?" "Okay." "Yeah." "Hey..." "What's up?" "Sweeney ruled in our favor." "She ruled to unseal the documents." "Jesus!" "Church has already filed an appeal... but the trial court of ruling... is generally upheld in these matters." "And when do we get the documents?" "Probably takes common a few weeks to rule... and then there's a redaction process." "I'd say it would be made public mid-January." " Okay." " All right." " Thanks, Jon." " You bet." " Nice work." " Thanks." " Metro should run something, Marty." " We can't run this one big." "Why wouldn't we?" "It's a major First Amendment victory." "Not to mention you got 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 gonna have to step out, Peter." " I'm not stepping out." "Peter..." " When did you...?" " Couple of weeks ago." "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 goddamn story." "It's not the whole story." "Tough shit, we're on a clock now." "Even if we don't run Sweeney's rulings another paper could find this letters and fuck the story." "Agreed." "But we run these letters alone," "Law apologizes, says it's one time thing... and 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." "This is the whole system." "Your multiple sources confirming all those priests?" "Some." "I'll 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 isle." " 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 want to drop it at Christmas, not after the 9/11." "We can run it just after New Year's." "Before they release the rest of the documents." "All right." "Tell Canellos to bury the ruling in Metro." " You got six weeks." " Thank you." "Tell Mike I want a draft by Christmass." " And we need a response from Lake Street." " Yeah." "Who does PR for the Cardinal?" "Still John Walsh?" "No, somebody new." "Donna Morrissey." "She came from TV." "She's young." "Good, get a quote." "If we need something from Law, you handle it." "Robby, next time give me a goddamn heads up." "Will do." "SPECIAL REPORT SPOTLIGHT ARTICLE #1" " GEOGHAN LETTERS." "Almost alway, his victims were grammar school boys." "One was 4 years old." "You have 21 days and 4 hours until deadline ...that Church officials never told him why..." "You have 8 days and 2 hours until deadline ...Three years later, Geoghan was still..." "Where are we on your source?" "It's time." "Ben" "Robby, what a nice surprise." "Come on in." "Hey, hon." "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 got cover-up stories on 70 priests." "But the boss is not gonna run it... unless I got 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 got to put an end to it." "Don't tell me what I got to do." "Yeah, I helped defend these scumbags, but that's my job, Robby." "I was doing my job!" "Yeah." "You were never one of us." "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 gonna press in 6 hours." "Donna Morrissey says she called with a quote from Law hours ago." " That's what I thought." " When did you talk to her?" " Okay, okay, bye." " Yeah, yeah, that's good to know." " Thanks, Pete." " Anything?" "Conley said that Donna Morrissey should have called." "He just left Lake Street." "Yeah." "Resky said the same thing." "This is ridiculous." "You think they wanna get ahead on 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 is the Feast of the Epiphany?" "Seems appropriate." "Mike Rezendes." "Hey, Donna." "Thanks for calling." "Yeah." "I just had a few questions if you have a minute." "What?" " Other adjective." " Anything?" " Law just turned us down." " Jesus Christ." " I just got off the phone with Donna Morrissey, and she said, quote "We don't even want to know what the questions are."" " End quote." " 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 jam." "Anything else?" "Matt wants to put the letters online, so that 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 tip line at the end of the story so people can call in." "It goes directly to our office." "Matt and I can go in in the morning in case we get any calls." "I'm more concerned about the phones at reception." "After we ran the Porter case, the message centers were tied up for weeks." "That'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 now done multiple stories on 70 priests." "All 70?" "And with confirmation from Robby's source, we are ready to go." "We can have a draft next week." "Robby, that source of yours, is it something we could revisit?" "It might be tough." "But he has no problem helping the Church protect dozens of dirty priests." " Guy is a scumbag." " He's a lawyer, he's doing his job." " He's a show for the Church." " He knew and did nothing." "He could have said something years ago." "Maybe save 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 goddamn priest." "Macleish sent us a letter of 20 priests years ago." "Sacha found a clip." "Are you kidding, 20 priests?" "When?" "Just after Porter, December '93." "I buried the story in Metro." "No follow." "That was you?" "You were Metro?" "Yeah." "That was me." "I just didn't know and I don't remember at all." "But yeah." "Can I, uh, say something here?" "Sometimes it's easy to forget that we spend most of our time... stumbling around in 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 gonna 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 gonna have a very strong response to this." "So if you need a moment, you've earned 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 they decided not to comment and said he wanted to extend the courtesy." "Jesus, the balls on that guy." "What did you say?" "I told him he was making a mistake and that we're gonna run the story." "Damn right we're gonna run it." "Sacha, can I have a drink of water?" "Yeah, sure, nana." "Yeah." "Can I keep this?" "Sure." "I thought you should see it first." "Thank you for bringing it by." "Now I have some plans I have to attend to." "Both kids were abused." "Jamaica Plain two weeks ago." "Keep...doing your work, Mr. Rezendes." "Hello!" "How are you guys doing?" "Good..." "Church allowed abuse by priest for years" " Hey." " Good morning." " How did you sleep?" " Not very well." "You?" "I haven't slept well for months." "I..." "Actually started writing." "Writing?" "Yeah." "I'm 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." "Well they're still at church." "Hey Linda." "It's quiet?" "Yeah." "Easiest overtime I ever made." "Phone hasn't rung once." "Matty send two of mine down to Spotlight." " Great article, guys." " Thank you." " Thanks." " Spotlight?" "Phones have been ringing all morning." " That's right." " Thank you very much." "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 I...?" "Yes, you can reach me..." "This is Spotlight." "This is Spotlight."