The Portugal-American journalist’s reporting revealed the shocking cover-up of the molestation of over 100 children in the Catholic Church by senior church officials. He co-authored a book on the investigation titled Betrayal: The Crisis in the Catholic Church and the scope and impact of the team’s investigation was immortalised in the Academy Award winning movie Spotlight. In the current climate of gags on the media and “fake news”, Rezendes’s views promise to be more relevant than ever.