BONUS: Bishop Barron Q&A about the Sexual Abuse Crisis

The Word on Fire Show - Catholic Faith and Culture

Brandon Vogt

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🗓️ 28 August 2018

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Many of you have asked for Bishop Barron's thoughts on the McCarrick abuse crisis, the Pennsylvania grand jury report, and the recent report from Archbishop Viganò. We're all devastated by the horrific suffering of these many victims, and we're all wondering what to do next.

Bishop Barron shared some thoughts a couple weeks ago, in an article, but we thought it might be helpful to have a more candid conversation today, building on the USCCB's recent statement.

Listen to the discussion here, and together let's pray for the victims and the entire Body of Christ.

Transcript

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0:00.0	Welcome to this special bonus episode of The Word on Fire Show.
0:08.9	I'm Brandon Vott, the host and the content director at Word on Fire.
0:12.7	We decided to air this bonus episode today instead of waiting for another week to release
0:17.2	it because of its timeliness.
0:19.8	In this episode, we're going to share with you a 25 minute conversation that I recently
0:23.7	had with Bishop Baron about the sexual abuse crisis.
0:27.6	We cover all of the major topics including the Archbishop McCarrick scandal, the Pennsylvania
0:33.0	Grand Jewry Report, the bombshell 11 page letter from Archbishop Vigno.
0:38.8	I also try to ask questions that I know many Catholics are wondering about.
0:42.5	Our goal was not to have Bishop Baron produce just another statement, but to have a candid,
0:48.5	genuine conversation about these very difficult issues.
0:51.9	So we hope that this conversation provides clarity and hope and charts of path forward.
0:57.2	I invite you to sit back and enjoy this Q&A with Bishop Baron.
1:06.9	Listen, we wanted to do this dialogue to talk about all the recent events going on in
1:10.7	the church from the Archbishop McCarrick scandal to the Pennsylvania Grand Jewry Report
1:15.6	to the Archbishop Vigno letter.
1:17.8	I know all of this has been swirling around for you in the midst of a lot of travel.
1:22.3	You just got back from the world meeting of families in Ireland just hours ago.
1:26.6	You must be totally exhausted.
1:28.7	A little bit.
1:29.7	We began the week with the priest conference on preaching that I went right from that
1:33.6	to Ireland.
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