Spotlight film on 'Boston Globe's' clerical sex abuse reveal is old-fashioned journalism at its best

The ’Boston Globe’s’ probe into the cover-up of clerical child sex abuse in Massachusetts has made it to the big screen, writes Michael Clifford

When Tom McCarthy was studying in Boston College, he occasionally found himself next door to the campus in the residence of the Archbishop of Boston, Cardinal Bernard Law.

College life spilled over into the Cardinal’s residence through playing football in the extensive grounds. McCarthy remembers the sense of power that exuded from the bishop’s palace.