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Richard Sipe, who was Spotlight's "voice of God" source on the Boston story briefly shows up in the Keepers. First, some Wikipedia-like background information about Richard and his life’s work: A.W. It won the first Oscar presented that night, for Best Original Screenplay. Richard Sipe (1932-2018) was devoted full time to research into the sexual and celibate ... Born: December 11, 1932 His work in the early 1990s created a paradigm for understanding that … At The Oscars (2016), Spotlight was up for six awards and won two. Former Baltimore priest lends expertise on sexual abuse to ‘Spotlight’ and ‘The Keepers’ Richard Sipe, center, a former Baltimore-based priest who wrote several books on priests and sexual abuse, with Phil Saviano, left, a victim, and Terry McKiernan, who runs a nonprofit group that tracks the Catholic clergy scandal, at a screening for ‘Spotlight’ in 2015. And he is an oracular presence in "Spotlight," the hit movie about the Globe's groundbreaking work. Sipe is one of the heroes in the Oscar-winning movie “Spotlight,” when his character, played by Richard Jenkins, delivers a bombshell to investigative reporters from the Boston Globe. He was a confidante to journalists, including the Boston Globe team that broke the scandal in the Boston Archdiocese in the early 2000s. His research guided the Boston Globe Spotlight Team in its Pulitzer Prize-winning investigation of sexual abuse in the Catholic Church.

The Voice: Richard Sipe, the ex-priest turned activist who gives the Spotlight team a lot of good info about child abuse in the church, never appears on screen. Richard Sipe was fundamentally a scholar of clerical culture and the clerical system. He's only a voice on the phone (even his actor, Richard Jenkins, is uncredited). Boston Globe Spotlight journalist Mike Rezendes describes Richard Sipe, who died last week, as 'tenacious' and 'courageous' in his work on sex abuse in the clergy. Tribute to Richard from Walter Sipe 2018-09-22; Tribute to Richard from Tom Doyle 2018-09-22; Tribute to Richard from Pat McArron 2018-09-22; SIPE: SEX, LIES AND THE PRIESTHOOD - THE FILM the first documentary to focus on Richard's own journey "the problem of sexual abuse we see today is only the tip of the iceberg. His disembodied voice, frequently heard over the telephone as played in the movie “Spotlight” by actor Richard Jenkins, advised journalists about both inside workings of the church and how sex abusers were able to infiltrate its ministries. Today, Sipe is best known for his work with clergy who molest children. Richard Sipe (1932–2018) A.W. . Movie Story In 2001, editor Marty Baron of The Boston Globe assigns a team of journalists to investigate allegations against John Geoghan, an unfrocked priest accused of molesting more than 80 boys. talked with Richard about his role in the film and about the sensitive but critical issues “Spotlight” brought to the screen. He's the former priest with the psych background who became an …