That’s a certain kind of bravery that was unique.”Ī self-described “recovering Catholic”, Saviano established the New England chapter of the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, or Snap, an organization working to bring allegations to light. “There were many barriers put in way intentionally and otherwise by institutions and generational thinking. You didn’t question them, same as the police,” Jim Saviano said.

“When we were kids, the priests never did anything wrong. Holley died in a New Mexico prison in 2008, while serving a 275-year sentence for molesting eight boys. The priest, David Holley, forced him to perform sex acts. Saviano recalled going to confession at St Denis Church in tiny East Douglas, Massachusetts, as an 11-year-old in the early 1960s. “My gift to the world was not being afraid to speak out,” Saviano said in mid-November, in a brief telephone interview. Spotlight won Oscars for best picture and best original screenplay. The 2002 series earned the Globe the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service in 2003. Saviano played a central role in illuminating the scandal, which led to the resignation of Cardinal Bernard Law and church settlements with hundreds of victims. “Things have been dicey the last few weeks,” he wrote, asking followers to “give a listen to Judy Collins singing Bird On A Wire and think of me”. In late October, Phil Saviano announced that he was starting hospice care. He died on Sunday after a battle with gallbladder cancer, said his brother and caregiver, Jim Saviano. Saviano’s story figured prominently in the 2015 Oscar-winning film Spotlight, about the Boston Globe investigation that revealed how scores of priests molested children and got away with it because church leaders covered it up.

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