The Hidden Sin – The Inner Life – August 19, 2025

Fr. Allen Hoffa joins Patrick to discuss The Hidden Sin

  • (2:54) why are sins in the dark have such power over us?
  • How does isolation make for a vicious cycle?
  • Ted – I’m an older Catholic. I disagree that everything is hidden…everything is out in the open. There’s no shame. People are encouraged to do it.
  • (14:52) Carl – When I was younger and in the world, I was looking for love in all the wrong places. Thinking a man would make me whole and happy. Ended up getting date raped. I was so lost in my 20’s. I can appreciate people who have fallen and the grace the of God.

(27:00) Break 1

  • Jill – Is an impure thought ever a mortal sin?
  • (30:06) Steve – Timmerie had someone on that said men think about sex every 6 to 10 seconds. I’ve struggled for many years. Age 60 now and I’ve never held a girls hand or kissed her, but I struggle with masturbation.
  • Mike – How do you stop after you get addicted?

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Patrick Conley was born, raised, and baptized in Wisconsin in a Protestant tradition. After meeting his wife, Kendra, through an Evangelical ministry at the University of Minnesota, they entered the Catholic Church in 2010. They listened to Relevant Radio, specifically The Inner Life, while preparing to enter the Church. Conley now holds a degree in theology from Oxford University and has served the Church in both academic theology and grassroots pastoral ministry. Conley teaches religion classes in a Catholic elementary school, serves as his parish Director of Religious Education, and is in formation for the permanent diaconate. He also hosts Practicing Catholic on Relevant Radio, exclusive to the Minneapolis area’s airwaves, and is a traveling presenter for the Catherine of Siena Institute apostolate. He lives in rural Wisconsin with his wife and their bulldogs, Georgie and Bingley.