Tom McCarthy’s Spotlight, about the Boston Globe investigation into sex abuse in the Catholic Church, won Best Picture at the 2016 Academy Awards.<br />“This film gave a voice to survivors, and this Oscar amplifies that voice, which we hope will become a choir that will resonate all the way to the Vatican,” producer Michael Sugar said in his acceptance speech.<br />“Pope Francis, it’s time to protect the children and restore the faith.”<br />Producer Blye Pagon Faust praised the journalists behind the investigation.<br />“We would not be here today without the heroic efforts of our reporters,” she said.<br />“Not only to they effect global change, but they absolutely show us the necessity for investigative journalism.”
