Giving voice to the silenced

I faintly remember the reporting of the Catholic Church scandal in Boston back in 2002, but I definitely have seen the aftershocks in many churches beyond the Catholic faith having to deal with sexual assault scandals and the inability of the churches to protect their parishioners from molestation and assault. Therefore, I was highly interested when the movie Spotlight was released and then won the Oscar for Best Picture of 2015. One of my students had read the book Betrayal for his book/movie project, and I decided to read it, because you know: book-first, movie-second. It was an interesting and harrowing experience. I discuss it more fully in my full review, but again, be warned. It’s about sexual abuse, so love and light to those of you who need the trigger warning.