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[000:00:00;00] with death the kind of priest to perish needs written if he didn't exist he'd have to be invented. he's a man of faith and a nice change for the church spin. i'm a church rebel. the self proclaimed rebel has landed in edinburgh. his mission is unconventional. he's leading a group of whiskey enthusiasts through scotland. whiskey he says is holy, water, spirituality and spirit in one. father, vault gung horta,

has been organizing whiskey pilgrimages in his free time for years and they're almost always full. this is his 1st trip since corona bus driver, david williams is a familiar figure on the tours id. hello. hello. can you hear me? great. we're ready to go via didn't eyes or stop by. it's welcome to the promised land of scotland group one month. david williams drives whiskey tours regularly, but both gung halter taught him that they can also be seen as christian pilgrimages . didn't know who i was get and i looked at identity and i saw the name and on a sure proof, wolfgang come off the plane and what was counted dog color. and as far as like i say to him is this'll kill, you know, he going to be drinking whiskey and he said, will the angels drink hair so so i was quite

a good answer that really help any answer back from then, you know, so yeah, yeah, but it is pretty cool guy. i definitely am indeed scary 20 kit. we don't want to neglect spirituality in the other sense. so let's start with some pres there. yes. under beginning the praise at the beginning of a journey read of, i guess i'll hand out the words of a human our time with him, you make our d david happy again by filling his bus with us singing mc kitchen i last in the, in the name of the father and of the son and of the holy spirit. singer. oh, in. oh, i, i oh,

i. before corona struck, scotlands rugged beauty attracted $15000000.00 tourists a year. ah, whiskey distilleries are a vital component of scotlands economy and many welcome visitors with tours and of course, whisky tastings. ah, john hutton shows the group around glen goin does oliver sticks this on? my most important aspect is mindfulness. and in iowa,

we don't just go down the alcohol and we appreciated with name last and says here, this isn't a wild been involved. this is as a kind, it's an exercise in wine fullness and, and, and exercising a moderation. right? when supplies, oh and you bunk, there may sickle fatherhood does group bring scientific precision to the tasting the room looks more like a laboratory than a pub. this one report? yeah, yeah. go from left to leave the number one to 5, and in front of thought you, she has a taste chips should last years from each one of them. want to fight with the right . and then you've got me go off just in front of our number, 25 volts, gung ho to also see something divine in whiskey. she's also, you know, if you, me a look at the jaws of a taste here. yeah, i think is missing when you actually, you should say grace at such a richly prepared table,

but this is already distilled into it. huh. no one is drinking just to drink. she showed us short, just careful, sipping and tasting. we fill whole fit. so this one here shows her refill the vin legend. sure. he had one yet lately, co weighing yet late because with up, some don't taste the whiskey at all. lay just sniffed up. it isn't up. it's called nosing. i am monday when you look through this glass, you look straight into the heavens. huh. it is always causing historically, whiskey has an ecclesiastical context. it's probably the only product that was invented behind a monastery roles on my one foot board and we have a product in front of us that is really ecclesiastical. vic religious in origin kick, making them use wash boxes to can war from both gung halter is considered a whisky. connoisseurship with the link to spirituality is his trademark. but

whiskey makers don't entirely understand. well, you know, not to my, i'm not sure what familiar with aid or too much of the history of the monks part of it. yeah, yeah. for me, what time she has late scotch whiskey, any one who lakes? whiskey, scotch is the best whiskey? anywhere in the world, both guns, walter has a special fondness for the british isles. he escaped there in his thoughts when he was in a bad place in 2004. he was then vice rector of a seminary involved in the formation of new priests. he had disagreements with his bishop. after an argument halter had a dizzy spell. he claims the bishop had him lie down on a couch and drunk him. then hold to says the bishop molested him as if and when i got home that evening i drank a glass of wine to overcome my disgust and shame glass blankets. holton. i didn't

know what the bishop gave me a nice bust official meal. it was a psycho tropic drug and alcohol was a very bad combination with an am sick of fallen from our corners. and i think by flesh the day i don't remember what happened after that. and in fin lewis, like later that night and i fell an old jumped from the balcony of my apartment. invite that and for love. these are not, i don't know like 11 of like, just don't remember if i and pullman bustle in my faces. nifty job, a kind of a non voter didn't tell anybody about the incident man he accuses of molesting him was his superior in the church. hierarchy, volta suffered for 4 years submitting to absurd tests and punishments. he says, finally, he was reassigned to the diocese as la patois. i can honestly say i was torture fear intensely for horrible years that have lifted a mark on me to this day, having a deep cigar fake tom. but it also showed me the absurdities and brutality. the church is capable of target tests and killed her face. as more and more victims of

sexual abuse raised their voices, a hotel brought his case to the attention of the cardinal. but nobody in the church believed his story. he was told the accusations were baseless and that he should keep quiet. thus most to him. if i have since learned that there's a culture of silence in the church, i know could toward his findings harish things that should be discussed because that's the only way they can be clarified and dealt with properly. a swept under the carpet fountain, delighted that couldn't just want us to church tries to keep them secret and uncovered among hi, mr. das mont. as for pushing master photo refuses to remain silent any longer. he wrote a book about his experience. the bishop, he accused of molesting him, has sued water for defamation, and last 2 court cases. back on tour, the conditions are quite luxurious for

a pilgrimage. the pilgrims stay at hotels, not monastery guessed houses. and there is no strenuous walking bus driver, david williams of seas to that. an awe today they're headed to lindisfarne, also called holy island, a popular destination for day trippers. it can only be reached at low tide. the island lies off the northumberland coast and was an important center of celtic christianity starting in the 6th century. but it's not just the picturesque ruins of the medieval priory that draw father water and his pilgrims.

fucked. is he a we know via, was brewed here because in the ruins of the monastery behind us. and you can still see what's left of the buring bow. hollister's in the mash bat where the mash was prepared in the initial stage of the beer brewing process. but it still intact the inch dean con. perhaps the monks also distilled their beer, which was common in many monasteries to obtain high proof alcohol and being article it was used in monastic infirmary to produce medicinal tinctures from middle initial can tool and cabal. tut. although it survived the vikings, it couldn't withstand the protestant reformation and the 16th century sculpt. catholicism was outlawed, as there were no monks. so priests and catholics went aloud to pack state in england and also a neighboring scotland for several centuries. ice topher beutten. but the reformation didn't make whisky distilling, disappear once the preserve of irish and scottish monasteries,

whiskey survived the reformation, outside monastery, walls. contemporary distillers are happy to share their knowledge. although a risk of explosion means we can't film at many distilleries we are welcomed at borders. distillery and are given a little safety briefing as we enter on top of that, there can be some sirens. you may see people running around if i've seen com, it's a normal working. if you see me running, you might want to keep up with the group. listens patiently to the distillery worker. check out. it's the 3rd distillery on this pilgrimage, and they're familiar with most of the facts all ready to start to all for a good score. twisty did need just 3 ingredients. barley, nissan,

and war. but it's like a ritual, or a progression star off is take our barley and put it away in this 20 percent hoss. they still listen closely to the story of how barley has transformed into whisk it out. in the large mash vats, the crushed grain is mixed with hot water. the starch and the barley turns into sugar. a strainer sits at the bottom of the vat and collect the sugar solution. the grain residue remains yeast is then added which gets to work, producing alcohol and carbon dioxide. if you cross that, you're gonna get punched by smell farther that it should be an eye. so feel free to come up one by one. have a nice little cheque of it. oh, i go to the when the east culture dies,

something like beer emerges. maybe punch up there is a pick up. we prefer something a bit stronger around here. so we're going to take this through to the cell house and produce a spirit. copper stills are used for distillation. the temperature in these stills is close to 90 degrees celsius, just below boiling point. i and hope the a lot of others prefer any high. chris's with was action to those around one per cent full performing. but one crucial step is still missing to turn this clear mold spirit into whiskey. in the holy root distillery we see oak barrels. the beverage may only be called whiskey if it has been aged in oak for at least 3 years. the barrels give whisky its color and much of its flavor. it's the same ritual at the end of each distillery to

her, a whisky tasting. but instead of whiskey, wholly rude offers the pilgrim's new. make whisky? that's not quite mature yet. because holly route has only been producing since 2019 ah, bus driver, david understandably, isn't partaking. although he drives lots of tourists, he's especially fond of the whisky pilgrims. very civilized group. yeah. yeah. they're very easy to get along with very friendly. they don't seem to get very drunk. they seem to be interested in how the whiskey is me than weird. it's common strong stuff like that. so it's not as if they're just knocking them back. so as saying, so yeah, yeah, i mean this that there's no chance silvan on the boss, which i'm quite happy about, you know? hm. but yeah, yeah, lovely group. that's also why it's not difficult to start early every day. those

gun volta has planned the tour in detail today. they're focusing on the famous scottish novelist, sir walter scott it's an good. 7 ah, wouldn't have often edit people are ready to sought. oh . besides classic novels like rob roy scott also wrote some famous poems including the lady of the lake. the scots have named one of the finest views in the scottish borders after him. scott's view. sir walter scott is said to have love standing here, gazing at the 3 peaks of the island hills and the meandering river tweed below. the fat riverbend is really beautiful. no. oh, oh, next stop is abbotsford house, sir walter scott's home. the tour guide priest has something special in store

who wants to say one of the crazed petition who several of yeah. yeah. so i only have 2 more blocks done and i'm going to enroll him so you can start coming inside there. celebrating mass in sir walter scott's own chapel. the religious aspects of this trip are vital to both gung volta oh hi, hot gutting. i left the church, but he booked the pilgrimage. anyway. he wanted to give religion another shot, a whisky is just an added bonus. then, an either spoke bizarre. there's an old saying, ye, that whiskey is a liquid, sunshine. them on an if you taste still, whiskey consciously koster can tell that god wants human life to be good from deem

the scot this good mit on se mentioned mind does. how he wants to enrich our lives and give us joy to shank most. and lizzie trip continues to show us that whiskey tails even better and, and when you enjoy together soft, denise that schmidt and not mazel called cindy. it's very interesting what we're doing here. but on the one hand, it's about whiskey which is okay. but you can do that any time. i enjoy my food, but it's also interesting to know what i am eating, drinking consciously, living consciously, living consciously in the present. it's a very interesting idea, one and the only noise. all those gang horta succeeds and bringing people back to the church of people like christine my mom she left more than 30 years ago, but still feels a strong connection to the catholic faith monday. but was like skipped a lawyer enlightened ideologues under my fundamentalism and fanatics the mid so they may see

the light of reason. good. catanzaro ha. ah, it's been catullus at so i was raised catholic and still feel a connection to catholicism. but a lot of what they teach it too narrow for me is i'm no longer a member to swing method is occasion that wolfgang is defra hangs. oh oh oh oh oh, most gang or does approach is successful. yeah. is mine. oh, i mit stare spirit when i started developing his spirituality whiskey slot, when i couldn't sleep one night. i'm minor. i knew i had the idea of using my own passion for scotland, scottish culture and scottish whiskey that to confront people with questions evade

on mit. loudon stamen in belonged to it and it was successful and he performed sonya of i'm a common mention. people came to my events, i who wouldn't otherwise think of setting a foot in a church. it was sheila and a cake is at some villain, both gone halter has found his own path in the catholic church and sets his own priorities. he's openly gay and gives his priestly blessing to queer couples. he also supports ordaining women. he's been a vocal critic of sexual abuse in the catholic church, but not everybody approves addresses on a fount dish. mavita gemacht, harvard osman, they view me as disloyal. and because i focused on issues that present the church thing in a bad light, soccer ballinger. d kind go to sleep off, he kill him often when some under an if i'm also perceived as a troublemaker among the, as someone who never gives up as him. and as someone who's fixated on, what's important to me, even emma vida thus unshed placed, was in the thickest,

once i was calling is i need the salvage gang in body. something that the church itself doesn't represent. currently, it tries to keep us in a place where we don't want to be out because of him. i'm not so concerned about leaving the church. no hint reached. if in the us the crews are to, he's the best priest we could have now. as the catholic church goes through these trying times to each must hartman come was smith 1st senior, involved congress? i what fascinates me about both counties, his unconventional manner kind am a conflict. he doesn't avoid controversial issues or. and he struck me as a man at the church some years ago. and for one of our to, to cough and how to find pion. in addition to focusing on important issues, the pilgrims also have a lot of fun on this tour. it

scotland is a land of castles, old fortresses and a beautiful scenery. 2 negotiating a traditional maze is on every tourists bucket list with after the relaxing tempo of the countryside. something quite different. awaits the pilgrims. edinburgh, ah, ah,

ah . the pilgrims are hoping to surprise the priest before the tour is over. he voluntarily organizes the trips and the pilgrims don't pay for his travel. so they want to show their appreciation for his work. he knows what's coming and says he feels awkward when complimented or praised. he's visibly embarrassed. says play for money. yeah. is well good of all. it was wonderful food eyes and i really

lovely tracking that kind of course. and that's why we spared neither expense nor effort to engage some very famous singers to perform for you. i even brought along a choir coordinate to get but i have proudly bruce and that, but he must warning thing us, i don't good i oh, good lies. do by morgan is didn't on cause i did. oh, oh city, in his home parish, both gong volta is only an assistant, the pastor's deputy. it's a humble position for a man who holds to doctorates. oh, but he doesn't seem to mind as long as he can continue working as a priest. oh,

thank you very much. god bless my throat to you. let me applaud you 1st. ah oh, lovely. a thank you to share with god bless. i can promise you one thing already explained this and i'll stop planning next year's trip the day after tomorrow. at the latest i i it's been not into kill. i am still in the church. i even feel hotly because i want to make sure my opinions are being her cake in the 7, and if i were to leave, i'd be helping the very people who were the reason for my leaving was the and i'm not going to do them that favor tuition, hulu,

with both god holds a loves the catholic church, in spite of everything. he loves catholic spirituality, the churches, traditions, and rituals. ah, and who knows? perhaps the self proclaimed a church rebel is creating a new tradition with his whisky pilgrimages. ah ah ah ah ah ah,

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