Confronting a Childhood Abuser

The Daily

The New York Times

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4.3 • 107.6K Ratings

🗓️ 24 May 2019

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

Three months ago, a recording of Sterling Van Wagenen, a founder of the Sundance Film Festival, appeared on an obscure website for whistle-blowers in the Mormon Church. The “Daily” producer Annie Brown spoke with our colleague about the story that recording told. Guest: Elizabeth Harris, a culture reporter for The New York Times, talked to Sean Escobar, who made the recording of Mr. Van Wagenen. For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily. This episode contains descriptions of abuse. Background reading:Read about how Mr. Escobar’s actions led to the arrest of Mr. Van Wagenen.Mr. Van Wagenen is expected to go to prison for at least six years after pleading guilty to child sexual abuse.

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0:26.0	From New York Times, I'm Michael Barbaro.
0:33.0	This is the Daily.
0:37.0	Three months ago, a recording appeared on an obscure website for whistleblowers in the
0:46.2	Mormon community.
0:47.9	Today, the Daily's Annie Brown talks to reporter Liz Harris about the story that recording
0:55.4	told us about.
0:57.4	It's Friday, May 24th.
1:02.4	Hi.
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