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A recorded statement, below \u2026<\/p>\nhttp:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=9TfhGjfHWBM<\/a>\n

You can also read the text over at his website<\/a><\/strong>.\u00a0 No official statement or reaction yet from his order<\/a><\/strong>.\u00a0 Stay tuned.<\/p>\n

UPDATE:<\/strong> Elizabeth Scalia has her first reaction to the tape <\/a><\/strong>\u2014 and it\u2019s similar to my own.\u00a0 I kept waiting for something, anything, that would point back to God, to Christ, to Mary (the patroness of his order) and heard\u2026nothing.\u00a0 I imagine he can\u2019t see past his own anger and bitterness right now, and that\u2019s understandable.This is a sad moment for him, for his flock, and for the Church, which has lost a dynamic and singular voice.\u00a0 We have to pray that those who admire him so much don\u2019t leave the Church over this \u2014 though, judging from some of his comments, he might be not-so-quietly encouraging them to do exactly that.\u00a0 Is the Black Sheepdog asking the Black Sheep to follow him?\u00a0 I get that impression.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"