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Sacrificed

Sacrificed

By Chris O'Leary

Sacrificed is a survivor's eye view of the Catholic sex abuse crisis that picks up where SPOTLIGHT left off, answering the question, "And then what happened?" Hosted by survivor Chris O'Leary, Sacrificed explores his efforts to get help from the Archdiocese of St. Louis, the Catholic Church, and the Pope. Efforts that, despite the PA grand jury report and VOS ESTIS, proved fruitless. It's a story many Catholics won't want to hear, but must be told. Because, if the Catholic Church can do what it's done to survivors, what else can it justify doing? Rationalize? To innocent children most of all.
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The Way OUT is THRU

SacrificedNov 13, 2021

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Fear

Fear

I was watching the movie The Shining the other day. The controversy about the movie -- Stephen King hated it, in part because it twisted Jack's motivation and emotions -- got me thinking about what it's like to be a survivor; how it FEELS.

Oct 30, 202332:58
Wicked, Evil & MFTC

Wicked, Evil & MFTC

The musical Wicked asks a question about the nature of evil. “Are people born wicked? Or do they have wickedness thrust upon them?” But does Wicked get it right? I have thoughts about that question, especially given my story and knowledge of and experience with My Friend The Cardinal and the Catholic sex abuse crisis.

Oct 24, 202340:36
Bishop Stika, AotA & John Doe(s)

Bishop Stika, AotA & John Doe(s)

Bishop Richard Rick Stika, the Bishop of Knoxville, the man whose Cathedral I've been standing vigil out front of, for more than a year, has resigned. Which, juxtaposed with a HORRIBLE discovery I made today, has me thinking...

Jun 29, 202301:17:07
I Got Sick

I Got Sick

Father's Day has me thinking about how to explain what happened to me to my kids. So, perhaps, they'll start speaking to me again. If they know I didn't abandon them. Instead, I got sick.

Jun 18, 202353:03
Catholic Children REMAIN in DANGER

Catholic Children REMAIN in DANGER

For all the happy talk, and all the P.R., Catholic children REMAIN in DANGER. Because, while some things have changed, one thing has not. The hierarchy. The Bishops. Men like My Friend The Cardinal.

Mar 31, 202305:21
The Test

The Test

Why have Catholic cardinals so often crossed paths -- and, in some cases, like My Friend The Cardinal and Cardinal Pell, at least, LIVED -- with the worst abusers in the church?

Jan 20, 202316:16
Seasoned Pastor

Seasoned Pastor

Imagine my HORROR at realizing a phrase and concept from my own story of abuse by a Catholic priest in the late 1970s is STILL a thing in 2022.

Dec 28, 202217:37
The Program LIVES ON

The Program LIVES ON

I assumed The Program was a problem of the past. Of the 1970s. I was wrong.

Dec 13, 202210:00
Stika Resign Now Rally

Stika Resign Now Rally

Catholic survivor Chris O'Leary's comments at the "Bishop Rick Stika Resign Now" rally held in Knoxville, Tennessee, on October 30, 2022.

Nov 01, 202218:20
Angry Catholic Show 4.2.22

Angry Catholic Show 4.2.22

13. My GREAT, basically PERFECT conversation with Kris and Paul from the Angry Catholic Show podcast On April 2, 2022. The content and topic are so important, and the episode has been so well received, that I've decided to simply re-run it on my podcast. We start off talking about Bishop Stika and Knoxville and then broaden out to a discussion of the more general problems with certain bishops, and the hierarchy, of the Catholic Church, and why so LITTLE has changed in not just 20 but 40 years.

Apr 04, 202248:44
Stika, The Seminarian & SLU

Stika, The Seminarian & SLU

12. The Catholic Church wants you to believe it is Contrite and things have Changed. However, the actions of Bishop Rick Stika of Knoxville, the case of The Seminarian, and the the cross state and diocese collusion of the Archdiocese of St. Louis and St. Louis University (SLU) with Stika and Knoxville calls all that into question.

Mar 28, 202255:07
The Way OUT is THRU

The Way OUT is THRU

11. The way out of the crisis is NOT to avoid the problems in the Catholic Church, but to confront them. That starts with the bishops, who refuse to change.

Nov 13, 202134:16
Stika, Predation & Change

Stika, Predation & Change

10. What's changed? Very little in terms of predation, and the tolerance of it, as is made clear by cases of seminarians tied to both Bishop Rick Stika of Knoxville and Pope Francis himself.

Aug 08, 202101:26:46
Fr. Mark Talk Combined +Q&A

Fr. Mark Talk Combined +Q&A

Fr. Mark White Talk (Combined) with Question and Answer Session

In late June 2021, I gave two talks about the Catholic sex abuse crisis, and its aftermath, to supporters of Fr. Mark White, a Catholic priest who is an outspoken advocate for survivors, and it being run out of the priesthood for it. This is a combined version of those talks. It also takes into account some of the reflections that hit me on my drive back to St. Louis. After the combined talk, I spend a good amount of time addressing and answering some of the questions that came up, both ones I was and wasn't able to answer in my two talks in Virginia.

Jul 16, 202102:01:59
Fr. Mark White Interview

Fr. Mark White Interview

Catholic sex abuse survivor Chris O'Leary interviews Fr. Mark White, a Catholic priest from Virginia who is to survivors what Fr. James Martin is to LGBT Catholics, and who is being run out of the Catholic Church as a result.

Jul 12, 202144:06
Fr. Mark Talk II June 28, 2021

Fr. Mark Talk II June 28, 2021

On June 28, 2021, in Martinsville, VA, I gave the SECOND of two talks to a  group of concerned Catholics and supporters of Fr. Mark White -- a  Catholic priest who is to survivor Catholics what Fr. James Martin, SJ,  is to LGBT Catholics -- whose bishop has petitioned the Vatican to expel him from the priesthood because of it.

Jul 04, 202101:36:25
Fr. Mark Talk I June 27, 2021

Fr. Mark Talk I June 27, 2021

On June 27, 2021, in Martinsville, VA, I gave the first of two talks to a group of concerned Catholics and supporters of Fr. Mark White -- a Catholic priest who is to survivor Catholics what Fr. James Martin, SJ, is to LGBT Catholics -- whose bishop has petitioned the Vatican to expel him from the priesthood because of it.

Jul 02, 202101:07:13
My Friend the Cardinal

My Friend the Cardinal

6. Why aren't things getting better for survivors? Actually. Because Abuse Profiteers are running the Catholic Church. Men like my friend the cardinal, a man I've known since I was a third grader at the Church of the Immacolata in St. Louis, where he saw, and turned a blind eye to, at least some of my and our sexual exploitation and abuse by Father LeRoy Valentine in the late 1970s. And then did worse as a bishop.

Jun 16, 202101:16:16
What's the Big Deal I

What's the Big Deal I

9. What's the big deal? About abuse? And having been abused? What it does to your family, as much as what it does to you.

Jun 10, 202134:23
The Program

The Program

The lie is that they didn't know, laid bare by the fact that, by the 1970s, the Archdiocese of St. Louis had in place a program -- The Program -- to manage and only God knows what else known abusers, including my abuser, Fr. LeRoy Valentine.

May 18, 202123:10
Sacrificed

Sacrificed

8. It wasn't just bad luck. Rather, we were sacrificed. By people we loved. And who I thought loved us. That's the only conclusion I can draw from the evidence. But why? How can one human being do that to another?

May 07, 202101:01:27
The Smoking Gun

The Smoking Gun

7. I found it in late January 2020. The document that proves that it didn't just happen. Rather, we were sacrificed.

May 02, 202150:12
Survivor Q&A April 18, 2021

Survivor Q&A April 18, 2021

Repressed Memory, the Timeline, and My Parents are topics I address in my Catholic Survivor Q&A, a bonus episode which is an interview I did with a listener of my podcast, Sacrificed.

Apr 18, 202101:21:23
Abuse of the Abused

Abuse of the Abused

5. I was sexually exploited, abused, and assaulted — raped — by a priest. Then things got REALLY bad.

Mar 28, 202144:19
What Happened II

What Happened II

4. What happened? Exactly? Specifically? This is the second of two episodes that go into what happened to me when I was a kid. I tell my store in as much detail as I can, while skipping over the most graphic stuff.

Mar 21, 202142:32
What Happened I

What Happened I

3. What happened? Exactly? Specifically? This is the first of two episodes that go into what happened to me when I was a kid. I tell my store in as much detail as I can, while skipping over the most graphic stuff.

Mar 14, 202130:03
This Nightmare

This Nightmare

2. "This nightmare," is how Fr. Tom Doyle referred to the events leading up to the movie SPOTLIGHT. Events that, for survivors at least, are FAR from over. The Pennsylvania grand jury report of August 2018 led to a flurry of actions by the Catholic Church and (arch)dioceses in the United States, as they tried to make it clear that things were different. Promises belied by the events of the 2018 Mass of Reparation, and encapsulated in the cover art for the Sacrificed podcast, and which make clear the reality for and plight of survivors of the Catholic sex abuse crisis. Still. Despite SPOTLIGHT, the Pennsylvania grand jury report, VOS ESTIS, and everything. Which makes the problem clear. If the Catholic Church can do this survivors, what else can it justify? Rationalize? When it comes to children most of all?

Feb 08, 202133:39
SPOTLIGHT & Me & Since

SPOTLIGHT & Me & Since

1. The movie SPOTLIGHT did an excellent job of laying out the basics of the Catholic sex abuse crisis, but what happened next? To the survivors? Whose lives were, at best, turned upside down by the revelations.

Jan 30, 202143:04
Some Questions

Some Questions

SPOTLIGHT wasn't the end of the story. The Catholic sex abuse crisis and what happened, both then and now, raises a number of critical questions, starting with the biggest one; if the Catholic Church can do what it's done to survivors, as children and adults, then what else can it justify doing? Rationalize? To children, most of all.

Jan 16, 202110:09