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Spotlight (2015)

Spoilers for the Catholic Church.

Bernard Francis Law (1931-2017) was a Mexican-American catholic priest, who served as Archbishop of Boston from 1984 to 2002.

In 2002, an investigation by The Boston Globe revealed Law's involvement in covering up the serial rape of children by Catholic priests which led to his resignation as Archbishop of Boston that year. Church documents demonstrate that Law had extensive knowledge of widespread child sexual abuse committed by dozens of Catholic priests in his archdiocese over almost two decades; he failed to report these crimes to the authorities, instead merely transferring the accused priests between parishes. In the movie Spotlight (2015), Law is played by Len Cariou.

Instead of facing criminal or civil legal action, in May 2004, Pope John Paul II appointed Law to a post in Rome, as Archpriest of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore, a largely ceremonial role that conveyed citizenship in Vatican City. He partook in the April 2005 papal conclave which elected a new pope, Joseph Ratzinger – Benedict XVI.

Law spent his remaining years in the Vatican, even after retiring in 2011. He died in 2017 and presumably went to heaven.

u/Aaaarcher — 7 days ago

Men who believe being denied sex is a grave injustice don't want women to have sex

u/Michi-Ace — 10 days ago

Listen, incels

Many of you seem to believe you can be absolutely misogynistic in private and act "nice" in public. So when you still get rejected you believe it's because you are ugly.

No. Unless you are a really good actor, you can't just act "nice." Something will slip through. You will give off some hateful vibes. And it has nothing to do with your looks.

Be nice, don't act "nice."

u/Michi-Ace — 16 days ago
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The rebuilt Złota Street will open on August 3rd in Warsaw, Poland.

u/Lampicka — 17 days ago