The revelations of the various scandals committed by Catholicism in the United States continue to be revealed, and with Gal Gadot staring at the dynamics in this regard, Murphy is very relieved and can devote all his energy to writing the script of the new project. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

First of all, Murphy decided on the title of the project, which was "Spotlight" at the press conference.

For him, this is a carefully selected film in a special social environment, and as early as when planning the Olympic journey of the film "Diego Rose", it was basically certain that "Focus" would be filmed.

The film is deeply influenced by social environmental factors, and there is nothing more suitable for the social situation of this film than now.

Not to mention the interior of Hollywood, which was stimulated by the attack of the Catholic Church, even most of the media applauded the film.

"Murphy Stanton's new film 'Spotlight' will be a classic film that celebrates press freedom and the power of the media!"

The mainstream media, led by the New York Times, began to sing praises to Murphy before the film was officially launched.

To a large extent, the mainstream media represents the voice of the mainstream society, and although Catholicism has considerable influence in the United States, a series of scandals that have been exposed have caused them to violate the sensitive bottom line that mainstream American society cannot touch - the protection of children and minors.

Even the Washington Post, which has never liked Murphy very much, stood on the opposite side of Catholicism this time, and issued a series of articles urging the Washington authorities to launch a thorough investigation into this series of scandals.

Of course, it is not easy for these things to go into the judicial process, just as the Kennedys are devout Catholics and represent the interests of Catholicism, Catholicism still has considerable influence in the political map of the United States.

In today's social situation, it may be an exaggeration to say that Murphy's new film has attracted much attention, but it is a fact that it is highly anticipated.

This is a good thing, but there is also a downside, the higher the expectation, the lower the margin for error in the production of the film, especially for a movie based on a true story with an extremely serious subject matter and content, low-level mistakes are absolutely unacceptable!

Therefore, before writing the script, Murphy must first figure out all the before and after of the Catholic ** scandal reported by the "Focus" column group.

Since he has a plan, he will definitely prepare in advance, Bill Rothes has collected a lot of information before, and has established a smooth communication channel with Robbie Robinson, who actually led and participated in the news investigation back then, which is conducive to the writing of the script and reduces the chance of making mistakes.

Although he had seen the movie a few times, Murphy flew to Boston before writing the outline of the script, exchanged with Robbie Robinson and others for a few days, and began to read a huge amount of material when he returned.

Facts are the basis of the existence of this film.

First of all, Murphy specifically looked at a survey of the Catholic Church, and when he saw the numbers on the statistics, he also somewhat understood why the Archbishop of Márquez-Costello was so eager and strong to expand the influence of the Catholic Church.

Because according to survey statistics, in today's United States, more than 50% of people who believe in Catholicism since childhood will leave Catholicism when they become adults!

What is this concept? At least half of those who grew up in or with Catholicism end up no longer Catholics.

It's no exaggeration to say that this is a very horrific ratio, and it has continued to expand in recent years.

As to what caused these people to leave the Catholic Church, there is a very high percentage of them - I was raised in the Catholic Church, and at a very young age I was chilled by the hypocrisy and dogma of the Catholic Church.

Then, Murphy began to look at the details of the news events of the year, and this news investigation can be described in one sentence: between 2001 and 2002, a column group called "Focus" in the Boston Globe conducted a series of reports on child molestation incidents by priests, exposing the sexual abuse scandal committed by Catholic priests in the United States.

At first glance, it doesn't seem like a big deal, and it's not much better than what Murphy did with Diego Rose, but it's a completely different concept in Los Angeles and Boston.

The power of Catholicism in these two cities is very different!

The Kennedy family is the most famous Catholic political family in Boston, and the reason why there is a large-scale sexual abuse of children by priests in Boston has a lot to do with the fact that the local law enforcement department has a lot to do with the lenient punishment and failure to report it under the pressure of the Catholic Church.

Before Murphy writes the script, he must first understand the cause and effect of the whole thing.

At the end of July 2001, Marty Baron, who was part of the New York Times Group, had just moved from the Miami Herald to the Boston Globe and was a newcomer to the newspaper, when he noticed a report in the legal column that "the pastor was suspected of being involved in a sexual assault scandal", and when he was about to investigate more deeply, he was told that the judge had sealed the court scene records, which was undoubtedly to prevent the pastor's personal file from being made public. He's going to be in for a really big piece of news!

He mobilized the "Spotlight" team, headed by Robbie Robinson, and began working on an investigation of Father John Jorgan.

The results of the investigation were shocking: this Catholic priest had sexually assaulted more than 130 boys in his six years as a priest! What is even more surprising is that his affairs did not go unnoticed, but he continued to work as a priest for 30 years after being exposed to molesting young parishioners.

The Spotlight team compiled the investigation into Father John Jorgen into a story titled "The Catholic Church Allowed Pastors to Abuse Children for Years," which caused a stir in Massachusetts, but it was only the tip of the iceberg of the entire Boston Catholic sexual abuse scandal.

At first, the reporters on the Focus team thought that about 15 to 20 pastors had done the same thing about indecent delegate to parishioners, but after investigation, they found that nearly 250 pastors in Boston had committed child molestation in the past few decades.

What is even more infuriating is that in order to prevent the matter from being exposed, the church has carried out a major reshuffle of the clergy, from one diocese to another, and these clergy continue to commit child molestation in the new diocese, making more and more people victims.

It is worth mentioning that during the course of the investigation, a pastor named Ronald Paquin personally admitted what he had done in an interview.

This was significant for the whole incident, because although the results of the investigation were known at the time, none of the clergy involved had directly confessed to the crimes they had committed, and almost all of the clergy were secretive about it, and it is clear how much of a reaction Father Ronald Paquine's public confession caused among the population.

He said he had been molesting boys until 1989, before the diocesan bishop transferred him from Boston, for 15 years and through two different parishioners.

But he said, "Indeed, I was stupid, but I have never raped anyone and I myself have never felt joy in this matter." ”

In addition, Ronald Paquin also revealed that he was once raped by a Catholic priest when he was a teenager.

The Boston Globe published a series of nearly 600 stories on "child sexual abuse by clergy" from January 6, 2002 to December 14, 2002, and won the 2003 Pulitzer Prize for Journalism.

It is worth mentioning that the original source of the news, Fr. John Jorgen, who continued to commit crimes for 34 years under the cover of three cardinals and many bishops of churches, was beaten to death in prison in 2003.

"The truth that everyone knows but keeps it secret, comes from the dissuasion of friends in the religious circles, and even the resistance of the family...... Until the final report, which shocked the world, was finally released, "Focus" undoubtedly demonstrated the tenacity of journalists' professionalism in the process. ”

That's what the Pulitzer Prize said about the news event that year.

Murphy has engaged in a similar profession, and in today's society, most reporters in order to chase news and explosive news, it can be said that they have no bottom line like him at the beginning, but it is undeniable that there are still some reporters who have a sense of justice and social responsibility.

In any case, this group of journalists can be said to be courageous, after all, more than a decade ago is not now.

At that time, the new century had just begun, and the power of the church was far stronger than it is now, and for the American society that advertised "freedom", freedom of public opinion was naturally an important part, you could report on government scandals, you could criticize the corruption of officialdom, you could blame public figures for gaffes, but challenging the church, that was another matter.

The "Focus" quartet challenged not only one or two adulterous priests, but the entire church system that shielded and defended these tainted priests, so it is not difficult for Murphy to understand that the report caused such a huge response after it was published.

It is a pity that the original church power, especially in the northeastern region of the United States, was quite powerful, and after a brief sensation of the incident, it was suppressed by the Catholic side, and it is now gradually forgotten.

"The destruction of the body is far less than the destruction of the mind."

At the beginning of the script outline, Murphy deliberately added a sentence to be used at the beginning of the movie, "The so-called media should not become a medium for singing praises for virtue, but should become the eyes of justice, insight and disclosure of the evils of the world!" ”