In the film , Spotlight , Mitchell Garabedian , says that Cardinal Bernard Law knew that the priest John Geoghan was sexually abusing children .
After Baron reads a Globe column about a lawyer , Mitchell Garabedian , who says that Cardinal Bernard Law ( the Archbishop of Boston ) knew that the priest John Geoghan was sexually abusing children and did nothing to stop him , he urges the Spotlight team to investigate .
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