Kilian Melloy Interviews Livy Scanlon, director of ‘Doubt’ at Hanover Theatre/THT Rep

Livy Scanlon, artistic director of The Hanover Theatre Repertory (THT Rep)

More than two decades ago, the sexual abuse scandal that rocked the Catholic church exploded into headlines by way of articles published by The Boston Globe. The allegations were beyond shocking, with people coming forward to share stories of abuse at the hands of priests their families had seen as the virtual personification of God. As more details came to light and more people came forward with their stories, a horrifying pattern emerged of a church hierarchy that simply shuffled alleged abusers from one parish to another — a practice guaranteed to put more young people in harm’s way.

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