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Beyond Contempt True Crime

25 - Father Ryan Erickson

Beyond Contempt True Crime

Renee Lynn

History, Murder, True Crime, Truecrime, Mystery

4.4737 Ratings

🗓️ 6 July 2020

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

Sometimes willful disbelief is a protective mechanism that gets people through a difficult time in life. In this case, it was a dangerous choice made by those in power that allowed a priest to harm a community.

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1:12.8

I'm Renee, and this is Beyond Contempt True Crime. Today we're back in the thick of it, with a story of an unstable priest and child sexual abuse.

1:35.9

The biggest travesty of this case was the failure of the diocese to audit themselves and be

1:41.3

accountable to the parishioners. This priest had incidents prior to entering the seminary

1:46.2

and had another accusation while he was a priest.

1:49.7

His behavior was often questionable,

1:52.3

and the diocese looked the other way

1:54.0

and allowed him to have access to minors in a school setting.

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