
Spotlight
Phil speaks to Walter Robinson who led an investigation into abuse in the Catholic church
Michael Keaton plays veteran reporter Walter "Robby" Robinson in the new film, Spotlight, which is out now. Robby Robinson is a Pulitzer prize winning journalist who led an investigation into over 70 priests and a global cover up of child sex abuse within the Catholic Church in Boston. His story was described by the Pulitzer board as, "courageous, comprehensive coverage of sexual abuse by Priests, which pierced secrecy, stirred local, national, and international reaction and produced changes in the Roman Catholic Church."
In November, Phil Williams spoke to WALTER ROBINSON, who led the Boston Globe newspaper's Spotlight team. Their work not only uncovered widescale abuse, but also a desire to cover the abuse up:
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