Spotlight (film)

"This city, these people... making the rest of us feel like we dont belong. But theyre 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."

"When youre a poor kid from a poor family, religion counts for a lot. And when a priest pays attention to you, its a big deal. He asks you to collect the hymnals or take out the trash, you feel special. Its like God asking for help. So maybe its 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 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 blow job. 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, its 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 dont work, you jump off a bridge. Thats why we call ourselves survivors."

"Peter Canellos: They say its just physical abuse but its more than that, this was spiritual abuse. You know why I went along with everything? Because priests, are supposed to be the good guys."

"Break the story. Break the silence."

"Mark Ruffalo - Michael Rezendes"

"John Slattery - Ben Bradlee Jr."

"We got two stories here: a story about degenerate clergy, and a story about a bunch of lawyers turning child abuse into a cottage industry. Which story do you want us to write? Because were writing one of them."

"Brian dArcy James - Matt Carroll"

"This is how it happens, isnt it Pete? Guy leans on a guy. And suddenly the whole town just looks the other way."

"Richard Jenkins - Richard Sipe"

"Neal Huff - Phil Saviano of SNAP"

"Sometimes its easy to forget that we spend most of our time stumbling around the dark. Suddenly, a light gets turned on and theres a fair share of blame to go around. I cant 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."