Celibacy – New Walden

Recent Interviews

Here are a couple of recent radio interviews.

Sexual Abuse and the Science of Self-Denial

“The practice of asceticism is the time-honored, Biblical solution to sexual abuse and all other sins of excess. This apostolic wisdom is now being confirmed by neuroscience.”

by John Gravino

Australian Report on Child Abuse Blames Celibacy

The Australian Royal Commission on Child Abuse just published its final report December 15, 2017. All the headlines are reporting that the Royal Commission blames celibacy, but as this segment from New Walden shows, celibacy shouldn’t be blamed at all. In this brief twelve-minute video, I provide some sorely needed perspective for the priest […]

by John Gravino

“Spotlight” on the Big Picture

When Marty Baron, former editor of the Boston Globe, directed his Spotlight reporters “to focus on the institution,” he was quite laudably pursuing the big picture of clergy sexual abuse. But the big picture is exactly what the media has been missing now for more than fourteen years. For the big picture would recognize that, […]