Home›Sources›Scores of Priests Involved in Sex Abuse Cases (The Boston Globe, January 31, 2002)SourcesScores of Priests Involved in Sex Abuse Cases (The Boston Globe, January 31, 2002)The Boston Globe, read 2026-08-23Citation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextDivinity Atlas. "Scores of Priests Involved in Sex Abuse Cases (The Boston Globe, January 31, 2002)." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/sources/boston-globe-scores-priests-sex-abuse-2002.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextDivinity Atlas. (n.d.). Scores of Priests Involved in Sex Abuse Cases (The Boston Globe, January 31, 2002). Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/sources/boston-globe-scores-priests-sex-abuse-2002Copy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{divinityatlas-scores-of-priests-involved-in-sex-abuse, author = {Divinity Atlas}, title = {Scores of Priests Involved in Sex Abuse Cases (The Boston Globe, January 31, 2002)}, year = {2026}, url = {https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/sources/boston-globe-scores-priests-sex-abuse-2002}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXThe Boston Globe Spotlight Team's own January 31, 2002 report, referencing its original January 6, 2002 story exposing the Archdiocese's knowledge of John Geoghan's abuse, the story that made the wider clergy abuse crisis public and set off the wave of claims leading to the September 2003 settlement.FactsSourcesClaims Backed By This Source (7 claims)Comments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)FactsCitationPublisherWell-attestedThe Boston GlobeURLWell-attestedhttps://www.bostonglobe.com/news/special-reports/2002/01/31/scores-priests-involved-sex-abuse-cases/kmRm7JtqBdEZ8UF0ucR16L/story.htmlSource TypeWell-attestedjournalismAssessmentReliability TierWell-attested1Tier 1: the Pulitzer Prize-winning Spotlight investigation's own contemporaneous reporting, the primary journalistic record of the crisis becoming public in January 2002.SourcesScores of Priests Involved in Sex Abuse Cases (The Boston Globe, January 31, 2002)tier 1The Boston GlobeView the SourceClaims Backed By This Source (7 claims)This source backs 7 claims across the atlas. As facts: 6 well-attested. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.Disposition By TopicSources, 5 claims: 5 well-attested.Abuse Inquiries and Response Policies, 2 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 general references.Well-attested6Abuse Inquiries and Response PoliciesArchdiocese of Boston 2003 Clergy Abuse SettlementSourcesScores of Priests Involved in Sex Abuse Cases (The Boston Globe, January 31, 2002)General References1Abuse Inquiries and Response PoliciesArchdiocese of Boston 2003 Clergy Abuse SettlementComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.View At A Past YearThe atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.Show This Year