Movie Credits for ‘Spotlight’ Note Yakima’s Involvement in Catholic Sex Abuse Scandals

Mark Ruffalo, Rachel McAdams and Michael Keaton take their acting to a whole new level in the movie "Spotlight,"  which tells the story of sexual abuse in the Catholic Church. It is based on a true story and is an incredibly eye-opening movie to people like me who were not aware of the scandal. One of the most disturbing realizations for was that some of the abuses took place here in the Yakima Valley. Yakima was one of the places that was investigated by the Boston Globe and mentioned  in "Spotlight." I had no idea, did you?

The website 'Reveal' which is set up to be the center of investigative reporting says this.

'Spotlight', The film came out in November. But since then, the church has released names of accused priests in Yakima, Washington, and files on delinquent clergy in Minneapolis. Well over a dozen dioceses and archdioceses from Chicago to Seattle; Albany, New York, to St. Petersburg, Florida; Raleigh, North Carolina, to Santa Fe, New Mexico, have issued statements citing “Spotlight” in recommitting themselves to vigilantly weeding out the guilty and comforting and supporting victims.

I cannot believe this. I am disgusted by it and I am blown away that this happened in our area.