Key stories from The Boston Globe Spotlight Team reporting on clergy abuse in the Catholic Church.
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2002 Spotlight Report: Clergy sex abuse crisis
- 1/6/2002: Church allowed abuse by priest for years (Part 1 of 2)
- 1/6/2002: A revered guest; a family left in shreds
- 1/7/2002: Geoghan preferred preying on poorer children (Part 2 of 2)
- 1/31/2002: Scores of priests involved in sex abuse cases
- 2/24/2002: Church cloaked in culture of silence
- 2/24/2002: Hundreds now claim priest abuse
- 3/14/2002: Ex-Mass. bishop accused of ignoring abuse in NYC
- 5/12/2002: Scandal erodes traditional deference to church
- 8/20/2002: Ariz. abuse case names bishop, 2 priests
- 12/1/2002: Archdiocese weighs bankruptcy filing
- 12/1/2002: Battle over files intensifies
- 12/4/2002: More clergy abuse, secrecy cases
- 12/14/2002: Pope accepts Cardinal Law’s resignation in Rome
2002 Spotlight Report: Clergy sex abuse crisis
- Timeline of Spotlight report investigations
- 1/6/2002: Church allowed abuse by priest for years (Part 1 of 2)
- 1/6/2002: A revered guest; a family left in shreds
- 1/7/2002: Geoghan preferred preying on poorer children (Part 2 of 2)
- 1/31/2002: Scores of priests involved in sex abuse cases
- 2/24/2002: Church cloaked in culture of silence
- 2/24/2002: Hundreds now claim priest abuse
- 3/14/2002: Ex-Mass. bishop accused of ignoring abuse in NYC
- 5/12/2002: Scandal erodes traditional deference to church
- 8/20/2002: Ariz. abuse case names bishop, 2 priests
- 12/1/2002: Archdiocese weighs bankruptcy filing
- 12/1/2002: Battle over files intensifies
- 12/4/2002: More clergy abuse, secrecy cases
- 12/14/2002: Pope accepts Cardinal Law’s resignation in Rome