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Re: ‘church allowed abuse by priests for years’ August 20 2002
Dear Boston Globe, in regards to the article published by Spotlight, I would like to applaud the teams extensive research and braveness to release such a controversial article. I believe the style of reporting was done in a way that will negatively change the public opinion towards the catholic religion for the right reasons. The catholic church is a powerful institution especially in Boston, which has remained as a private sector, hence why I believe they were able to keep these horrific secrets under wraps for so long. Again I would like to thank this newspaper article for making the secrets of the catholic church a public sphere of information. The evidence provided by the Spotlight team and graphic nature of the article encourages people to come to a democratic decision. A decision that what John J. Geoghan and many others did to vulnerable children while in positions of power and authority will not be supported by the public. …show more content…

The reason why, I believe this article will be accepted by even those who are catholic is because of the factual evidence provided. As the spotlight team revealed nearly 87 different priests who have molested and abuse children, they were also able to meet with the all of the victims. Providing such well supported evidence, against such a powerful institution I am positive will allow more victims to come forward and shine a light onto the abuse of power towards vulnerable children. As the spotlight team did not attack for the religion itself, rather the structure of the institution and the lawyers who defended them. I believe those who are religious will still be taken back by the article but hopefully come to the realization that the abuse of power in any institution would not be

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