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🗓️ 23 February 2024
⏱️ 36 minutes
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0:00.0 | I became a priest because I believe in the church and I don't want the church to die. |
0:10.4 | When the late iconic singer-songwriter, Sheneid O'Connor, became a priest, she was ordained |
0:15.9 | in Ireland by Bishop Michael Cox from the breakaway Latin Tridentine sect. |
0:22.6 | Well, I like Bishop Cox a lot. |
0:24.6 | He is as innocent as a lamb, but as wise as a serpent. |
0:28.6 | So he's thought of as being this rebel. |
0:30.6 | He actually is a very innocent man. |
0:31.6 | He's a very honest and true priest and, you know, |
0:34.6 | a servant of God in the form of truth. |
0:38.3 | Hello. |
0:40.3 | Come on, you're welcome. |
0:42.3 | Sorry, Michael, I'm a little late. |
0:45.3 | You're all right, that could happen to a bishop. |
0:47.3 | Come on a chair out there. |
0:49.3 | Thank you. |
0:50.3 | Not only had Bishop Cox ordained Shannad O'Connor, |
0:53.3 | but many years before this interview with Shannad, |
0:56.4 | he became friends with the man at the centre of our story. |
1:00.8 | Hello there. I am Bishop Michael Cox. |
1:04.1 | And you were Michael O'Shea's chaplain then? |
1:07.2 | I was, yes. |
1:09.5 | I'm Pavel Barter, from RTE Documentary on One. |
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