Fox6 interview with Abp. Listecki on Sikh shooting

MILWAUKEE — One of Wisconsin’s most influential spiritual leaders, Catholic Archbishop Jerome Listecki reflected on Sunday’s shooting at the Sikh Temple in Oak Creek with FOX6 News. Six individuals lost their lives, and the gunman, identified as 40-year-old Wade Michael Page was fatally shot by Oak Creek police at the scene. Three were critically wounded. The FBI is investigating the incident as a possible “act of domestic terrorism.”

While officials have not released an official motive in the case, it appears Page may have been motivated by hatred. FOX6 News spoke with Archbishop Listecki regarding how a community can begin to heal after seeing that hate and evil are indeed real.

FOX6′s Mike Lowe: “Archbishop, I wanted to begin with the shooting in Aurora Colorado. While difficult to understand, we can kind of rationalize it. We see the pictures of the guy with crazy eyes, red hair and we see it as the sick work of a disturbed, detached, depressed guy. But when we hear about the reports of what happened in Oak Creek, it’s something different. It seems like it’s organized hate. How does a community begin to grapple with that reality?”

Archbishop Listecki: “First of all, evil comes in all shapes and sizes — from the almost insane shooting in Colorado to the calculated terrorist attack on a very peaceful people, the Sikhs, who all they wanted to do is worship.”

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