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🗓️ 16 May 2024
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In 1980, one man held together a fragile peace in the tiny nation of El Salvador: Archbishop Oscar Romero. When he is brutally and publicly assassinated on the pulpit, his murder starts a war that would leave 75,000 dead, and a million more displaced around the globe. Sacred Scandal season 3, Nation of Saints, follows host Jasmine Romero as she uncovers the holy war that followed the Archbishop's death, and led to an unsolved murder in her own family.
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0:00.0 | What's the hardest question you've ever asked your mom? |
0:06.1 | Mom, what happened to your sister, Margarita? |
0:11.7 | For me, it's about a murder that's haunted my family for decades. |
0:17.2 | Well, they said that they took her, and the next day she was already dead. |
0:24.3 | I found that the story starts with a priest who was killed on the altar and sparked a war. |
0:32.7 | In 1980, El Salvador sat on the brink of war. |
0:36.9 | One man held together the fragile peace, Archbishop Oscar Romero. |
0:43.5 | And on a muggy March morning, as he performed the rituals of mass, he was brutally and |
0:49.4 | publicly assassinated. |
1:00.7 | Oscar was a humble priest from my family's hometown, but he'd go on to become one of the world's most beloved saints. |
1:03.3 | There's even a statue of him in Westminster Abbey, next to a statue of Martin Luther King. |
1:14.2 | His death marked the start of a bloody civil war that left more than 75,000 people dead |
1:17.9 | and a million more displaced around the world. |
1:22.0 | My family includes both, |
1:24.7 | those that fled and those that died. |
1:30.2 | I wanted to find out what really happened to Archbishop Oscar Romero, who was responsible |
1:35.7 | for his murder and all the violence that followed, and to find out if the same forces |
1:41.9 | that killed the Archbishop were the ones that brought death to my family's doorstep. |
1:50.5 | I'm Jasmine Romero, and on Sacred Scandal Nation of Saints, |
1:53.9 | join me as we uncover an unholy war, |
1:57.0 | one that includes government cover-ups. |
1:59.7 | It was just outrageous that the nuns would have guns and would have exchange fire. |
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