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ah, was his death, the kind of priest, a parish 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. it's been, 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, volk 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 his eyes or stop by. it's welcome to the promised land of scotland group one month. david williams drives whiskey tours regularly, but volk gung halter taught him that they can also be seen as christian pilgrimages . didn't know who i was get and i looked at itinerary and i saw the name and on a sure who fools gang come off the plane on what was called a dog color. and as far as like i say, to missile king only 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. to find out m a. d. e 20

kate. we don't want to neglect the spirituality in the other sense. so let's start with some pres there. yes. under beginning the praise at the beginning of a journey credit, 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 singing mc kitchen. hey, 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 olive istic sits on my most important aspect? is mindfulness and in iowa we don't just go down the alcohol and we appreciated with naval last sensors here. this isn't a wild engine involved. this is as

a kind. it's an exercise in wind coolness and, and, and exercising a moderation night. when supplies. oh, and you bunk domestic father who does group bring scientific precision to the tasting the room looks more like a laboratory than a pub. this one? yeah. go on the left to leave the number one to 5 and a in front of thought. you, she has like a taste tubes should've asked you for each one of them. what defy with the rate. and you've got me go off just in front of out numbered when it defines both gung ho to also see something divine in whiskey, which is also, you know, if you, me a look at the jaws of a taste you're to. yeah, i think you've missed him when you actually, you should say grace at such a richly prepared table, but this is already distilled into it. uh huh. no one is drinking just to drink. she short, short, just careful,

sipping and tasting. refill hawk's head. so this one here shows her refill the bit, a wine yet lightly, co wayne, yet late because she thought some don't taste the whisky at all. lay just sniffed up isn't up. it's called nosing about that mother. when you look through this glass, you look straight into the heavens. ah, he still was causing historically that whiskey has an ecclesiastical context thinking. it's probably the only product that was invented behind monastery rolls. i'm on a foot board and we have a product in front of us that is really ecclesiastical us. vic, religious in origin, kick me can, but any use wash boxes to can more film. both gorda is considered a whiskey con, a source with the link to spirituality. is his trademark, but whiskey makers don't entirely understand. well, you know not too much. i'm not sure what provo you with a 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 come. 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 the says the bishop molested him. ah, i see. and when i got home that evening i drank a glass of wine to overcome my disgust and shame glass lying tolten. i didn't know what the bishop gave me a nice fussed official from. yeah, it was

a psycho tropic drug and alcohol was a very bad combination with an am. take a font from our corners on a think, but 50 d. i don't remember what happened after that and in fin, morris, i thought later that night and i fell in an old, jumped from the balcony of my hotman's invite dozen. sal's these are not i don't know. i couldn't my not let just don't remember fallen dish porman muscle in my advice is nifty hob, a kind of a non voter didn't tell anybody about the incident. the man he accuses of molesting him was his superior in the church hierarchy. voter suffered for 4 years submitting to absurd tests and punishments. he says, finally, he was reassigned to the diocese. it's la patois. i can honestly say i was torture fear intensely for horrible years that have left their mark on me to this day. having a deep cigar fact tom, but it also showed me the absurdities and brutality. the church is capable of tardy tests and character fitness. 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 distance, which i have since learned that there's a culture of silence in the church. i know could poor defiance 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 landon delighted that and 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 suit auto 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's no strenuous walking bus driver. david williams sees 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 centre 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 fuck is. here we know b a 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 match where the mash was prepared in the initial stage of the beer brewing process. but it's still intact, the inch, dean con. perhaps the monks also distilled their beer, which was common in many monasteries to obtain a high proof alcohol and being alcohol. it was used in monastic infirmary to produce medicinal tinctures from middle initial can tune, cabal, tot. although it survived the vikings, it couldn't withstand the protestant reformation and the 16th century sculpt gonzales. ism was outlawed as there were no monks. so priests and catholics went to let to practice their faith in england and also a neighboring scotland. for several centuries, i shed off aborting, but the reformation didn't make whisky distilling disappear. once the preserve of irish and scottish monasteries, whiskey survived the reformation, outside monastery walls.

awe 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 . it's the 3rd distillery on this pilgrimage, and they're familiar with most of the facts all ready to start to all, all for a good scotch whiskey. didn't eat just 3 ingredients, barley nice and war. but it's like a ritual. or

a progression star all is take are barley and put it away in this 20 percent hoss. they still listened closely to the story of how barley is transformed into with kick it out. in the large mash vats, the crushed grain is mixed with hot water. the start and the barley turns into sugar. a strainer sits at the bottom of the vat and collects 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 want to get punched by smell farther, that it should be an eye. so feel free to come up one by one. have a nice old check of it. with when the yeast culture dies, something like beer emerges upon shut verizon but we prefer something

a bit stronger around here. so we're going to take this 3rd to the still house and produce a spirit. copper stills are used for distillation. the temperature in these stills as close to 90 degrees celsius, just below boiling point. i and hopefully a lot of others prefer any hypothesis with with action to those around one percent alcohol. but one crucial step is still missing to turn this clear malt 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, holly 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, for 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 with its common strong stuff like that. so it's not as if the just knocking them back. so is 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. voskus volta has planned the tour in detail to day. they're focusing on the famous scottish novelist, sir walter scott its own good. ah,

wouldn't have often edit people already to thought. oh, the sides classic novels like rob roy scott also rode 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 loved standing here gazing at the 3 peaks of the island hills and the meandering river tweed below the fat rivers, and 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 bit several of yeah. yeah.

life 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 heart gutting. i left the church, but he booked the pilgrimage. anyway. he wanted to give religion another shot, a whiskey is just an added bonus. then, an either spoke bizarre. there's an old saying, ye, that whiskey is a liquid sunshine. been mon, and an if you taste of whiskey consciously. acosta can tell that god wants human life to be good from deem the scot this good mit, on se mentioned mind, thus how he wants to enrich our lives and give us joy to shank. mister and this

trip continues to show us that whiskey tails even better and, and when you enjoy it together, soft denise that schmidt and not mazel good. 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 want i'm eating, drinking consciously, living conscious leaves for a 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, like people like christine my mom she left more than 30 years ago but still feels a strong connection to the catholic faith among the life escape. these eloisa enlightened the ideologues under my fundamentalism and fanatics them is that they may see the light of reason. good. catanzaro ha ah, he's been catullus at so i was raised catholic and still feel

a connection to catholicism. but a lot of what they teach us to narrow for me is i'm no longer a member to swing in. each method is a kitchen window at wolfgang is defer hangs oh oh oh oh oh oh gung or does approach is successful. yeah. is mine. i mit dare spitting 20. i started developing his spirituality whiskey asleep when i couldn't sleep one night on my island. i had the idea of using my own passion for scotland, scottish culture and scottish whiskey that to confront people with questions invade on mit glauben stamen in blue, won't soap and it was successful off on. he pumped sonya off. 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 i kick his. it's both gone. horta 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. this is on a fount dish. him up. he dug a mock tava, das, mom, they view me as disloyal. i because i focused on issues that present the church, eating in a bad light, saw coupling a deep kind go to sleep off the kitchen. i often, when some under an even i'm also perceived as a troublemaker among the, as somebody who never gives up as human as someone who's fixated on, what's important to me, even emma vida thus unshed placed, was in the stickies. once i was calling is any thoughts, novels, gang embodies something that the church itself doesn't represent. currently he

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 indeed, the crews are to, he's the best priest we could have now. as the catholic church goes through these, trying times to wish must have been cut. what smith foreseen yet involved conquest . 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 whenever it could hoffen out fine pion . i 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. yeah is well good of all. it was wonderful for new guys. 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 who am at cooper. i have proudly bruce and then famous born in thing us, i don't good i oh, good. i buy morgan didn't own to us. i did. oh oh, in his home parish vote, 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 you, let me applaud you 1st. i

all 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 fight hotly because i want to make sure my opinions are being heard occasionally. shavon, and if i were to leon, 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. ah valve 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, with

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