Directed by Tom McCarthy. The long and dark history of abuse by priests within the Catholic Church is known thanks to victims coming forward and invaluable local journalism that became Oscar-winning movies… It relies heavily on conjecture and voodoo psychology. Netflix's new documentary is even more haunting than "Making a Murderer." The true story of how the Boston Globe uncovered the massive scandal of child molestation and cover-up within the local Catholic Archdiocese, shaking the entire Catholic Church to its core. Spotlight tackled a very difficult subject matter and, overall, told the true story accurately, though the film did make some changes to real-life events. Bernard Law and the archdiocese of Boston's cover-up of the priest sexual abuse scandal. With Mark Ruffalo, Michael Keaton, Rachel McAdams, Liev Schreiber. Bill Donohue comments on a Netflix documentary series, "The Keepers," that will premiere on May 19: Netflix is about to air a series that imputes the integrity of the Archdiocese of Baltimore for its handling of a miscreant priest from the 1960s. A new movie chronicles the team of journalists who uncovered the clergy sex abuse scandal in Boston. Sexual Abuse and the Catholic Church The Keepers This Netflix original is a true-crime documentary that explores the mysterious and tragic murder of a … Director Tom McCarthy and former Globe editor Walter Robinson join Fresh Air to discuss Spotlight. Inside Netflix's 'The Keepers,' the Story of a Murdered Nun and Catholic Church Child Abuse. It must: The clergy child-abuse scandal roiling the Roman Catholic church hasn't always been front-page news, but, over the years, it's been thoroughly recorded on film. The film follows The Boston Globe 's "Spotlight" team, the oldest continuously operating newspaper investigative journalist unit in the United States, and its investigation into cases of widespread and systemic child sex abuse in the Boston area by numerous Roman Catholic priests. O n the day The Keepers was released on Netflix, the archdiocese of Baltimore tweeted that although it did not deny allegations of child abuse against Father Joseph Maskell, a priest … L OS GATOS, Calif. — Netflix surprised subscribers today by releasing the entirety of its original, 1,200-part documentary This Happens Everywhere, chronicling the Catholic Church’s abuse of children for its streaming service. Spotlight is a 2015 American biographical drama film directed by Tom McCarthy and written by McCarthy and Josh Singer.