WEBVTT - Introducing: Divine Intervention

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<v Speaker 1>What if I told you that fifty years ago, radical

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<v Speaker 1>nuns and combat boots and wild haired priests became cat

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<v Speaker 1>burglars in order to sabotage the draft. What if I

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<v Speaker 1>told you they got so good at it they started

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<v Speaker 1>trading blows with Jay Edgar Hoover. Some went to jail.

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<v Speaker 1>I always say to people in jail as a nice

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<v Speaker 1>place to have been from. Some betrayed their friends. They

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<v Speaker 1>had guns drawn on us. Guns. I mean, we were

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<v Speaker 1>known for being non violent, and two of them have

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<v Speaker 1>the goddamned this love story you've ever heard in your life.

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<v Speaker 1>It was this incredible moment of love ash first sight,

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<v Speaker 1>just with both and then of course, I mean, my god,

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<v Speaker 1>he's a priest. My name is Brendan Patrick Hughes. And

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<v Speaker 1>this is divine intervention. This is the story of a

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<v Speaker 1>small but mighty Catholic resistance to the war in Vietnam.

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<v Speaker 1>Many of the things that we were about to do

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<v Speaker 1>were not considered legal or patriotic. They weren't criminals. They

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<v Speaker 1>will committed the acts of civil disobediu. It took a

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<v Speaker 1>lot of guts Gonzo American patriots that faced down j

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<v Speaker 1>at Garhoover's FBI I started to be followed very heavily

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<v Speaker 1>by the FBI. At Gahova was furious. He was out

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<v Speaker 1>of his mind. Somebody violated the FBI, and he wanted

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<v Speaker 1>to bring the Catholic left to its knees and attempted

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<v Speaker 1>to smash one institution after another. The Catholic Church was

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<v Speaker 1>going through a revolution and the Pall Center was the

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<v Speaker 1>main place of revolutionary firment while navigating the unbridled chaos

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<v Speaker 1>of being young and in love. For those movements come

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<v Speaker 1>out of love, They come out of people's love for

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<v Speaker 1>their fellow men and women. I picked up the phone

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<v Speaker 1>and my thought was, this is the most important phone

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<v Speaker 1>call I'll ever make. My mind. He wanted so much

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<v Speaker 1>in his life that somehow the priesthood refused to alle.

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<v Speaker 1>I couldn't believe it, Brendan, it was Divine Intervention. Divine

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<v Speaker 1>Intervention is a production of Eye I Heeart Podcasts. The

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<v Speaker 1>show is produced by Wonder Media Network. Listen to Divine

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<v Speaker 1>Interventions starting on March eleven on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts,

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<v Speaker 1>or wherever you get your podcasts.