Spotlight Page #22

the murmur GROWS. We hear more phones... and VOICES...

Mike and Robby get to the door. We HOLD ON them for a second

as they stand in the doorway, looking into --

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Chaos. Sacha and Matt and two INTERNS answering phones.

Overwhelmed. An intern cups a phone, turns to Matt --

INTERN:

I got another Shanley victim. SACHA

I’ll take it.

(to Robby)

The phones have been ringing

all morning.

Sacha takes the call. Nearby, Matt’s on the phone, marking

up the board... it has tons of new names, phone numbers.

MATTY (INTO THE PHONE)

Uh huh, yeah. I know it’s

tough to talk about.

SACHA (INTO THE PHONE)

This is Sacha Pfeiffer. Yes,

thank you for calling. Who am

I speaking with?

Mike and Robby stare. Matt spots them.

MATT (INTO PHONE)

Hold one minute please.

(to Mike)

Mike, could you grab that?

Mike moves for his desk, grabs the phone.

MATT (CONT’D)

They’re almost all victims, Robby.

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This lands on Robby. A beat. Then he moves to his desk.

Passing Mike, already picking up a phone...

MIKE (INTO PHONE)

This is Spotlight.

Robby moves to his desk. He watches the team answering

phones, working. A beat. Then he grabs a phone.

ROBBY (INTO PHONE)

Spotlight.

FADE TO BLACK.

A CARD APPEARS.

Over the course of 2002, the Spotlight team published

close to 600 stories about the scandal.

The card fades. ANOTHER CARD APPEARS.

249 priests and brothers were publicly accused of

sexual abuse within the Boston Archdiocese.

The number of survivors in Boston is estimated to be

well over 1,000.

The card fades. ANOTHER CARD APPEARS.

In December 2002, Cardinal Law resigned from the

Boston Archdiocese.

He was re-assigned to the Basilica di Santa Maria

Maggiore in Rome, one of the highest ranking Roman

Catholic churches in the world.

The card fades. ANOTHER CARD APPEARS.

Major abuse scandals have been uncovered in the

following places:

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Anchorage AK, Fairbanks AK, St. Michael AK, Stebbins

AK, Mobile AL, Phoenix AZ, Tucson AZ, Yuma AZ, Los

Angeles CA, Los Gatos CA, Monterey CA, Oakland CA,

Orange CA, Sacramento CA, San Bernardino CA, San

Diego CA, Santa Barbara CA, Santa Rosa CA, Stockton

CA, Denver CO, Bridgeport CT, Hartford CT, Wilmington

DE, Miami FL, Palm Beach FL, Marietta GA, Savannah

GA, Honolulu HI, Davenport IA, Dubuque IA, Farmington

IA, Grand Mound IA, Chicago IL, Joliet IL, Peoria IL,

Indianapolis IN, Conway Springs KS, Kansas City KS,

Anchorage KY, Covington KY, Louisville KY, New

Orleans LA, Fall River MA, Springfield MA, Wellesley

MA, Worcester MA, Baltimore MD, Portland ME, Detroit

MI, Grand Rapids MI, Collegeville MN, Greenbush MN,

Onamia MN, St.Paul/Minneapolis MN, Cape Girardeau MO,

Hannibal MO, Kansas City MO, St. Louis MO, Jackson

MS, Billings MT, Helena MT, St. Ignatius MT, Raleigh

NC, Fargo ND, Lincoln NE, Omaha NE, Manchester NH,

Camden NJ, Mendham NJ, Gallup NM, Santa Fe NM, Albany

NY, Brooklyn NY, Goshen NY, New York NY, Rochester

NY, Rockville Centre NY, Cincinnati OH, Cleveland OH,

Toledo OH, Baker OR, Portland OR, Altoona PA,

Philadelphia PA, Pittsburgh PA, Scranton PA, East

Greenwich RI, Providence RI, Charleston SC, Marty

Indian School SD, Rosebud Reservation SD, Memphis TN,

Nashville TN, Dallas TX, El Paso TX, Fort Worth TX,

San Antonio TX, Richmond VA, Burlington VT, Briscoe

Memorial, WA, Seattle WA, Spokane WA, Yakima WA,

Milwaukee WI, St. Francis WI

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Berazategui Argentina, Buenos Aires Argentina, Mor.n

Argentina, Paran. Argentina, Pilar Argentina, Quilmes

Argentina, Salta Argentina, Adelaide Australia,

Ballarat Australia, Bass Hill Australia, Bathurst

Australia, Bindoon Australia, Canberra Australia,

Dandenong Australia, Goulburn Australia, Hobart

Australia, Lancefield Australia, Melbourne Australia,

Mildura Australia, Mittagong Australia, Morisset

Australia, Mount Isa Australia, Neerkol Australia,

Newcastle Australia, Perth Australia, Sydney

Australia, Toowoomba Australia, Wagga Wagga

Australia, Wollongong Australia, Hollabrunn Austria,

Bruges Belgium, Flawinne Belgium, Ottr. Belgium,

Arapiraca Brazil, Franca Brazil, Mariana Brazil, Rio

de Janeiro Brazil, Antigonish Canada, Chatham Canada,

Igloolik Canada, Sherbrooke Canada, St. John's

Canada, Wilno Canada, Cottolengo Chile, Maip. Chile,

Melipilla Chile, Quilicura Chile, Santiago Chile,

Medell.n Colombia, Rab Croatia, Santo Domingo

Dominican Republic, London England, Manchester

England, Middlesbrough England, Preston England,

Reading England, Caen France, Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne

France, Berlin Germany, Munich Germany, Riekhofen

Germany, Ollur India, Curracloe Ireland, Dublin

Ireland, Gortahork Ireland, Kilnacrott Ireland,

Letterfrack Ireland, Lota Ireland, Monageer Ireland,

Wexford Ireland, Nairobi Kenya, Ngong Kenya, Ciudad

de M.xico M.xico, Cuacnopalan M.xico, San Luis Potos.

M.xico, Auckland New Zealand, Christchurch New

Zealand, Feilding New Zealand, Hamilton New Zealand,

Masterton New Zealand, Silverstream New Zealand,

Akute Nigeria, Kircubbin Northern Ireland, Trondheim

Norway, Ayacucho Peru, Chimbote Peru, Bontoc

Philippines, Cebu City Philippines, Manila

Philippines, Naval Philippines, Tubay Philippines,

Poznan Poland, Edinburgh Scotland, Rufisque Senegal,

Bo Sierra Leone, Brits South Africa, Cape Town South

Africa, Comillas Spain, Grenada Spain, Soni Tanzania,

M.rida Venezuela

FADE OUT.

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