Spotlight tells the riveting true story of the Pulitzer Prize - winning Boston Globe investigation that would rock the city and cause a crisis in one of the world's oldest and most trusted institutions. When the newspaper's tenacious "Spotlight" team of reporters delves into allegations of abuse in the Catholic Church, their year - long investigation uncovers a decades - long cover - up at the highest levels of Boston's religious, legal, and government establishment, touching off a wave of revelations around the world.