Cardinal Cupich Says Interview Edited Unfairly
The archbishop of Chicago said Wednesday a recent television interview was edited in a way that inaccurately portrayed him.
CHICAGO — The archbishop of Chicago said Wednesday a recent television interview was edited in a way that inaccurately portrayed him.
“An NBC Chicago TV report that aired Monday night was edited in such a way that gave the false impression that Pope Francis and I consider the protection of children to be less important than other issues, such as the environment or immigration. Nothing could be further from the truth,” Cardinal Blase Cupich wrote in an Aug. 29 press release.
The cardinal was interviewed by Chicago NBC 5 reporter Mary Ann Ahern about an Aug. 25 testimony published by a former Vatican ambassador to the U.S., Archbishop Carlo Vigano. That testimony alleged that Archbishop Theodore McCarrick was instrumental in Cardinal Cupich’s appointment as archbishop of Chicago in 2014.
“The edited report created the false impression that my comment that the Pope should not ‘go down the rabbit hole’ of the allegations in the Viganò letter was about sexual abuse. As the unedited footage shows, it was not,” he added.
The entirety of the paragraph in which Cardinal Cupich referenced a “rabbit hole” is as follows: “But for the Holy Father, I think to get into each and every one of those aspects, in some way is inappropriate, and, secondly, the Pope has a bigger agenda. He’s gotta get on with other things, of talking about the environment and protecting migrants and carrying on the work of the Church. We’re not going to go down a rabbit hole on this.”
After airing a story containing portions of its interview with Cardinal Cupich, NBC 5 published five videos that contain more footage of Ahern’s conversation with Cardinal Cupich. For clarity, CNA has transcribed those videos.
“An NBC Chicago TV report that aired Monday night was edited in such a way that gave the false impression that Pope Francis and I consider the protection of children to be less important than other issues, such as the environment or immigration. Nothing could be further from the truth,” Cardinal Blase Cupich wrote in an Aug. 29 press release.
The cardinal was interviewed by Chicago NBC 5 reporter Mary Ann Ahern about an Aug. 25 testimony published by a former Vatican ambassador to the U.S., Archbishop Carlo Vigano. That testimony alleged that Archbishop Theodore McCarrick was instrumental in Cardinal Cupich’s appointment as archbishop of Chicago in 2014.
“The edited report created the false impression that my comment that the Pope should not ‘go down the rabbit hole’ of the allegations in the Viganò letter was about sexual abuse. As the unedited footage shows, it was not,” he added.
The entirety of the paragraph in which Cardinal Cupich referenced a “rabbit hole” is as follows: “But for the Holy Father, I think to get into each and every one of those aspects, in some way is inappropriate, and, secondly, the Pope has a bigger agenda. He’s gotta get on with other things, of talking about the environment and protecting migrants and carrying on the work of the Church. We’re not going to go down a rabbit hole on this.”
After airing a story containing portions of its interview with Cardinal Cupich, NBC 5 published five videos that contain more footage of Ahern’s conversation with Cardinal Cupich. For clarity, CNA has transcribed those videos.
7 comments:
Does anyone else think that Mr Cupich sounds eerily like a camp Sgt Bilko?
No, I know Cupich, have heard him speak on several occasions, and it was NOT edited unfairly. These are his views that climate change and illegal aliens are a primary focus of Catholicism rather than moral theology and clerical evil. I guess a big donor got to him
Doesn’t seem changed. He makes the Pope sound like a manager, executive, or politician. We have a billion Catholics in the world that can contribute to sutions for problems in nearly innumerable ways. Give us the problem and the vision of Christ and and we can solve things for you. Dictating solutions Slows things down. After all, the Devil is is in the details.
I noticed he said "the protection of children". How clever. HOW INACCURATE.
Most sex abuse victims have not been children. Most have been adolescent or older. AND MALE.
How many "children" did Cardinal McCarrick abuse?
Didn't McCarrick's abuse background re-open this whole can of worms?
Cupich and the other fake Catholic bishops of his ilk use carefully studied language in their obfuscations.
Cupich is in the soup. And he knows it. Deflect, deflect deflect, hide amongst the other veggies, and maybe they won’t be able to see you as an ingredient.
Cletus Ordo.
Well children has been re-defined to include seminarians and young priests. Very Orwellian of Cupich.
Perhaps Cupich is having a moment of "the truth hurts".
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