Catholic Church and sexual abuse: Death of Law

The death of Cardinal Bernard Law, the former archbishop of Boston, ends a sad chapter in the history of widespread child sexual abuse by priests in the Catholic Church.

Doggedly exhaustive investigative reporting by the Spotlight team of journalists at The Boston Globe found that Cardinal Law had repeatedly moved abusive priests from parish to parish when he became aware that they were molesting children. The Globe’s reporting of the story became the subject of an Oscar-winning film, Spotlight.