d news4'soreen gentzler sits down with archbishop wilton d. gregory for his local tv interview. >> welcome to news4 this week. hello, everyone. i'm leon harris. we're going to begin with a consumer investigation that you saw only on here on news4. ew accusations against the maker of a controversial guardrail that's being blamed for a number of deaths here i our region and across the country. this particular guardrail is called the xlite. it's been the center of an investigation for nearly two tars. here arehe new details. >> reporter: steve, his daughter died in 2016 after hitting an xlite. he believes the product is defective, and he is on a mission to get the guardrails removed from our nation's highways. so we traveled te his h in tennessee earlier this year to give you a firstooand inside his ground zo where he says he's made some sprising discoveries. it's aic typ wednesday morning at their home. melissa pulling double duty as mom and teacher for seven of her kids. fore leaving for work, steve heads to the backyard to see the animals. >> you c be

archbishop wilton d. gregory, most recent from atlanta, officially the first-ever african-american archbishop of washington. as news4's da d culverreports, it's a leadership role that gregory says must start with healing. >> i resolve to serve faithfully the spiritual needs of this local church. >> reporter: a new beginning for catholics in our nation's capit capital. archbishop wilton d. gregory accepting his position to the local church, holding high the mandate from pope francis himself and acknowledging the p recentin caused by church leaders. >> we clerics and hierarchs have been the source of this current tempest. >> reporter: gregory steps in following a devastating church scandal. most recently the defrocking of now ex-cardinal theodore mccarrick accused of sexually abusing minors and the outgoing archbishop, cardinal donald wuerl, accused of not doing predator punish priests when he served in pitcaburgh. >> rdinal wuerl has been and remains aherished iend, an episcopal colleague now for many years. >> re

outside johe t church in silver spring, everyone wants to meet the new archbishop of washington, wilton d. gregory face-to-face connectio a priority to him. >> listen to the people, understand them, find out what's on their hearts and try to respond as generously and asly lovings you can. so that's what i'm doing.ep >> rter: one by one, they line up to share a hug or a handshake and to pose for pictures as he listens to their stories. >> okay! i'll pray for it!has. epr:snim o t iso t turmoil f catholic church here. pashioners and priestsave told him how they're feeling. >> they want me to know howde ly embarrassed, scandalized, and ashamed this past year has been for them a they want me to know that that pain is real, sb but so is the depth of their faith. >> reporter: that pain stems from high-profil sex abuse scandals involving gregory's two predecessors, first the defrocking of now ex-cdinal mccarrick after the vatican found him guilty of sexually abusing children and adults. and then t resignation of cardinal donald wuerl, a of not doing enough to punish predator priests when he served s b ips

. >>> archbishop wilton d. gregory, the first african-american archbishop of washington, was installed more than a month ago.t his firspriority, listening to the priests and parishioners in h flock who are hurting after sex scandals that have tested their faith. i spoke with archbishop g gory on sunday in his first local television interview. >> listen to the people.nd understhem. find out what's on their heart. and then trynd to respo as generously and lovingly as you can. so that's what i'm doing. >> arcryishop gre was visiting st. john the baptist churchen silver spring wher everyone in the congregation was anxious to greet hi he told us he decided to become a priest after his mother and grandmother sent him to a catholic school in chicago. he was just 11 years old at the time, didn't even know much about catholicism yet. to watch more of our interview pull up the nbc washington app and search new archbishop. >>> still ahead tonight, we are working for you to make the streets that your family drives safer. >> our ne

john the baist churchn silver spring everyone wants meet the new archbishop of washington, wilton d. gregorythis face-to-face connecon is a priority for him. >> listen to the people, understand them, find out what's on their heart, and then trasto respond enerously and lovingly as you can. so that's what i'm doing. >> reporter: one by one they line up to share a hug or a handshake and to pose for pictures as he listens to their stories. >> okay. i'll pray for it. >> rerter: it's been a time of turmoil for the catholic church here. parishion s and priests have told him how they are feeling. >> they want me to know how deeply embarrassed, scandalized and ashamed this past year has been for them, and they want me to know that that pain is real, but so is the depth of their faith. >> reporter: that pain stems from high-profile sex abuse scandals involving gregory's two predecessors. first the defrocking of now ex-cardinal theodore mccarrick after the vatican found guilty of seblly abusing children adults. and the resident dagnation of c weurl. >> every bishop has to be asp spokeson for the churc

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