Before We Get Started
Before anything else, I owe you clarity about where I stand. I have lived my entire life as a Catholic, and years of study turned me into a capable apologist who defended the Church in conversations with skeptics who preferred caricature over nuance.
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My faith shaped every chapter of my life.
It’s against this background that writing this column carries weight for me. Critiquing the Church feels personal, yet loyalty can’t mean blindness. I believe the truth strengthens faith, not weakens it. When I talk about the failures of priests and bishops and contrast that history with the far larger world of abuse outside religious walls, I do so carrying the same obligations I carry into
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