When Our Institutions Fail
The Pope's Long Con
Louisville Public Media
4.6 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 14 December 2017
⏱️ 17 minutes
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Summary
Over and over, there were warning signs for law enforcement, political leaders and others. What happens when the institutions we rely on look the other way? How does a liar slip through the cracks into a position of power?
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| 0:00.0 | From L.P.M. Louisville Public Media. |
| 0:04.0 | A listener note. This story contains adult content and language. |
| 0:08.0 | The guy is totally just a manipulator. |
| 0:14.0 | I've noticed that sometimes he gets his facts messed up. |
| 0:17.0 | He was belligerent. |
| 0:19.0 | He was really, really drunk. |
| 0:20.0 | He's right there where he can do the same thing again. |
| 0:23.0 | He was the strong suspect. |
| 0:25.0 | Everybody's talking about the seventh son in the whole wild world. |
| 0:31.0 | There is only one. |
| 0:33.0 | I'm the one. |
| 0:36.0 | I'm the one. |
| 0:37.0 | I'm the one, I'm the one, |
| 0:40.0 | I'm the one, |
| 0:41.0 | the one they call of the sun. |
| 0:46.6 | This is the Pope's long con |
| 0:48.3 | from the Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting |
| 0:50.6 | in Louisville Public Media. |
| 0:52.0 | I'm Jake Ryan. In the last four chapters we've |
| 0:54.8 | told you a story of lies, exaggerations, and law-breaking by Danny Ray Johnson, a |
| 0:59.5 | preacher and lawmaker who calls himself the Pope. |
| 1:03.0 | We've documented his rise from virtually unknown pastor |
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