Catholic apologist and speaker Matt Fradd addresses audience at Bishop O’Connell High School. Photo courtesy of Connor Bergeron
Matt Fradd, author and founder of “The Porn Effect,” discussed “Porn: 7 Myths Exposed” to teens and parents at the Bishop O’Connell High School on Sept. 9.
“People don’t know what to do. They fall into it, and do not know how to get out of it. It’s a spiritual cancer on the world right now. Young people are struggling with it as well,” said Father Gregory Thompson, chaplain at Bishop O’Connell High School.
Two years ago, Bishop Paul S. Loverde reissued his 2006 pastoral letter, “Bought with a Price,” about the nature of the current threat of pornography. Upon release of the letter, Loverde said, “In my 50 years as a priest, I have seen the evil of pornography spread like a plague throughout our culture. As part of my responsibility to lead all the people in the Diocese of Arlington to the vision of God, I find it necessary now to address the tremendous moral, social, and spiritual dangers of pornography." Fradd contributed the foreword to the 2014 edition of “Bought with a Price.”
The event was co-sponsored by the Arlington diocese and the Young Adult Ministry.