Betrayal: The Crisis in the Catholic Church
The findings of the investigation that inspired the major motion picture Spotlight

An infuriating read. The victims are boys, typically needy children of poor, single mothers, who were delighted to have presence of a man in their boys' lives, especially a priest. The culprits are 'Men of Church', who would systematically wrap themselves in God and enter these families who came to k......more

I recently saw the movie Spotlight and found myself completely riveted. Thus I decided to read the book version. As a former Bostonian I followed this scandal of pedophile priests and the Catholic church's coverup very closely. Nonetheless, the book and movie revealed details of which I was totally......more

An excellent book. The only thing that was a bit of a "let down" was that it was not like "All the President's Men" in that it is just The Boston Globe's original reporting shaped into a book and doesn't detail how the Globe Spotlight team approached the story. (I'll have to watch the movie for that......more

I read this book after seeing the movie, Spotlight. As a former Catholic living in Boston at the time most of this was taking place, it is familiar to me. The book is a good review and summary of the scandal and I do remember the arrogance of the leaders of the Catholic Church at that time and the b......more

I had also been sexually molested. I was only about 18 then, fresh from the province and enrolled in a university. I went to dress’tailoring shop along Roosevelt Avenue in Quezon City which carries the name of its well-known gay owner (who also had a shop in Marikina City if I remember correctly) to......more