I'll give you the benefit of the doubt that you posted this before you read post #55. It was no "smear campaign". The man said what they said he did and both he and his organization tried to clean up the mess afterward. There were no indications that he had been intentionally misquoted or that there were ulterior motives to smear him and the Catholic Church. Unfortunately, the Catholic Church does a pretty good job of setting up their own targets to be sunk. Men of God are supposed to be "above reproach".
....but not Fr. Groeschel?.
Fr. Groeschel is 79 years old and not well. He is a professor of pastoral psychology and was trying to make a subtle point. He failed at this and is obviously breginning to lose it. If you look at the incident through Christian eyes you will see things differently.
On January 11, 2004, Groeschel was struck by an automobile while crossing a street in Orlando, Florida. He received a traumatic head injury and broken bones and over a four hour period, had no blood pressure, heartbeat or pulse for about 20 minutes. A few days later the trauma triggered a near-fatal heart attack.
Peace be with you
I guess you didn’t get a chance to read my post back in #22.