He struggled more when he was a reporter than he does as a lawyer.

“I really struggled with it as a reporter,” Boyd said. “This feeling like you are going up against the church. Am I betraying the church? I really struggled with it a lot back then. I had worked for the diocese and I was proud to work for the diocese. I was proud that I knew Bishop (Edward) Head and I was one of his employees. And I was a pretty faithful young Catholic man.

“So when we started doing these stories, I thought we had a problem, but I did not believe at that time we had an epidemic. And now I think we have an epidemic."

He wasn’t a father in the 1990s and said his perspective shifted after he became one.

“I think my perspective as a father has given me far less struggle with anyone who would protect a rapist,” Boyd said.

He said he believes the church has had plenty of opportunities to clean things up and has failed.