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After a recent viewing of the movie &#8220;Spotlight,&#8221; I was starkly reminded of the kids-for-cash scandal.For years, many people in high circles knew of the abuse by Catholic priests, yet a blind eye became commonplace. One lawyer especially made a cottage industry of representing abused children by making settlements with the church to make the cases go away.The story was a flashback of the juvenile justice scandal in Luzerne County. Some courthouse employees presumably knew the story and any lawyers who did were understandably afraid of the consequences of turning in a judge, so many kids suffered. Although this is not an excuse, someone should have stepped up many years before this scandal was in progress.The reality is a mother from our area and lawyers from the Juvenile Law Center in Philadelphia came to the forefront to stop this travesty!Although revealing truths often can be difficult, letting them persist is often devastating. The bottom line is this: Follow a moral compass and report child abuse, spousal abuse, drug trafficking and any other abuses that require reporting.A quote, from Sir Matthew Barrie, that is poignant: &#8220;Courage is the thing. All goes if courage goes.&#8221;Robert &#8220;Doc&#8221; PhillipsKingston

Letter to the Editor: ‘Spotlight’ serves as reminder of obligation to report abuses of any kind