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Deliver Us

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  • Will the Catholic Church's sex abuse crisis ever end? That's a question everyone has been asking since the latest wave of news in 2018. In Deliver Us, host Maggi Van Dorn is a Catholic committed to healing the church from the inside. She wants to know: How did this happen? And what, if anything, can we do to help? Hear from experts, advocates, and survivors to learn what the church can do to move forward. Because you can’t fix something until you know how it’s broken.
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  • Deliver Us - Trailer

    Deliver Us - Trailer
    Jan 24 2019
    Will the Catholic Church's sex abuse crisis ever end? That's a question everyone has been asking since the latest wave of news in 2018. In Deliver Us, host Maggi Van Dorn is a Catholic committed to healing the church from the inside. She wants to know: How did this happen? And what, if anything, can we do to help? Hear from experts, advocates, and survivors to learn what the church can do to move forward. Because you can’t fix something until you know how it’s broken Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    2 mins
  • How Can I Remain Catholic?

    How Can I Remain Catholic?
    Feb 13 2019
    On our debut episode of “Deliver Us,” Maggi Van Dorn asks: How can I stay in a church where so many children have been hurt? Not everyone does. Melinda Henneberger, a journalist for The Kansas City Star, tells Maggi why the latest wave of sex abuse news pushed her to leave the Catholic Church. In the hopes of understanding what the church’s future might look like, Maggi also talks to Brian Flanagan, a theologian who puts the sex abuse crisis into historical perspective. For show notes, links and more content visit: http://deliveruspodcast.org The theme music for Deliver Us is composed and produced by Kris McCormick. Additional music courtesy of APM. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    30 mins
  • How’s Your Celibate Life Going?

    How’s Your Celibate Life Going?
    Feb 21 2019
    In our second episode of “Deliver Us,” we look at two suspected causes of the sex abuse crisis: celibacy and gay priests. Psychologist Thomas Plante has worked clinically and academically in the area of clerical sexual abuse for 30 years, and he describes the behaviors and traits that are common among abuser priests. Margaret Smith of the John Jay College of Criminal Justice gives us a deep dive on the data. She says that the statistics do not support theories that celibacy and gay priests caused the abuse crisis. After looking at the data, Maggi asks three men a more personal question: How’s your celibate life going? These men had different experiences of celibacy in the Catholic church, and help us to understand how the church can better help priests to live healthy, celibate lives. Links: Thomas Plante: No, homosexuality is not a risk factor for the sexual abuse of children The John Jay Study on the causes of the sex abuse crisis Patrick Gothman’s ministry for queer Catholics The theme music for Deliver Us is composed and produced by Kris McCormick. Additional music courtesy of APM.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    35 mins
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