“If you really want to understand the crisis, you have to start with the celibacy requirement. That was my first major finding. Only 50% of the clergy are celibate. Now, most of them are having sex with other adults; but the fact remains that this creates a culture of secrecy that tolerates and even…”Tagged: Catholic Church, Pedophile Priests, celibacy
“You guys gotta understand. This is big. This is not just Boston. It's the whole country. It's the whole world. And it goes right up to the Vatican.”Tagged: Catholic Church, Pedophile Priests
“Sacha Pfeiffer: [from trailer] We understand you settled several cases against the church. Eric Macleish: I can't discuss that. Sacha Pfeiffer: Are there any records of any of these settlements? Eric Macleish: No.”Tagged: Catholic Church, Pedophile Priests
“I was eleven. And I was preyed upon by father David Holly in Wester. And I don't mean prayed for, I mean preyed upon.”Tagged: Catholic Church, Pedophile Priests
“Walter 'Robby' Robinson: You know thirteen priests in Boston who have molested children? Phil Saviano: Yeah! Why do you keep repeating everything I say? Walter 'Robby' Robinson: [quieter than before] I just like to clarify things. Phil Saviano: Maybe you should have clarified it five years ago when…”Tagged: Catholic Church, Pedophile Priests
“They say it's just physical abuse but it's more than that, this was spiritual abuse. You know why I went along with everything? Because priests, are supposed to be the good guys.”Tagged: Catholic Church, Pedophile Priests, Physical Abuse, Spiritual abuse
“Jim Sullivan: I was doing my job. Walter 'Robby' Robinson: Yeah, you and everyone else.”Tagged: Catholic Church, Pedophile Priests, just doing my job
“Eric Macleish: Most of these folks, they just want some acknowledgement... of what happened. We got them a sit down with the Bishop and... a little dough, and that's the best they can hope for. Walter 'Robby' Robinson: Well, certainly, the best that priest could hope for.”Tagged: Catholic Church, Pedophile Priests, Reporters, payola, Bribe
“Guys, listen. Everybody's gonna be interested in this.”Tagged: Catholic Church, Pedophile Priests, Reporters, public interest
“We've got two stories here: a story about degenerate clergy, and a story about a bunch of lawyers turning child abuse into a cottage industry. Which story do you want us to write? Because we're writing one of them.”Tagged: Catholic Church, Pedophile Priests