{"id":7789,"date":"2004-03-05T08:36:06","date_gmt":"2004-03-05T08:36:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/viamedia\/2004\/03\/television_killed_the_catholic_star.html"},"modified":"2004-03-05T08:36:06","modified_gmt":"2004-03-05T08:36:06","slug":"television_killed_the_catholic_star","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/viamedia\/2004\/03\/television_killed_the_catholic_star.html","title":{"rendered":"Television Killed the Catholic Star"},"content":{"rendered":"

Alternative weekly looks at Bishop Tod Brown<\/a><\/p>\n

After a brief lead-in showing Brown\u2019s infamous Jan. 18 Martin Luther rip-off (during which he nailed his “Covenant with the Faithful” to the door of Orange\u2019s Holy Family Cathedral), Nightline correspondent Ron Claiborne went to business. He gave an excellent summary of the sex scandal that has plagued Catholic Orange County\u2014named names, interviewed victims, even showed pictures of such notorious child rapists as John Lenihan and Michael Harris. Halfway through the piece, Claiborne bluntly asked Brown the question so many victims have asked for decades: Shouldn\u2019t church leaders have known and done something about pedophilic priests?<\/p>\n

Brown was quiet for a moment, furrowed his brow, and then said slowly, deliberately, “I think you\u2019re correct.” Then he fell silent. The silence continued\u2014an uncomfortable, disturbing silence that might\u2019ve lasted maybe seven seconds but felt like 28 years. <\/p>\n

Offscreen, Claiborne was incredulous. “You said they should\u2019ve known?” he asked Brown.<\/p>\n

Brown seemed to search for words. “It doesn\u2019t make sense,” he acknowledged, that diocesan officials had coddled criminals for so long. “And I think that in the past, [the importance of transparency] wasn\u2019t understood.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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