Public Affairs Director Jon Michaels (since 1977) talks with John McLaughlin, Ph.D. about Catholic discrimination in Sioux Falls and where he grew up in Alabama.  John is also a pioneer in special health and education. from his website: John McLaughlin, Ph.D. has been an education entrepreneur his entire working life.  At age 24 he started a school for students who benefited from a highly personalized education.  Now in its forty-third year, Benton Hall Academy in Nashville has served thousands of students many at challenging periods in life. In the mid-80’s John become an associate professor of educational administration at St. Cloud State University in Minnesota.  While a professor he researched the role of the private sector in school reform and started the influential Education Industry Report, tracking private investment in the education arena.  He left his tenured post in academia in 1997 to focus full-time on the business of education and behavioral health.  Monsignor Louis J. Delahoyde told me a few decades ago when I was interviewing him for the Saint Patrick's Day Parade in Sioux Falls in the early 80's... about the KKK attacking the Sioux Falls Cathedral in the early 20's.  A Catholic candidate for the President of the US led many to believe the Pope would take over our country.  Over 500 members of the KKK paraded through downtown Sioux Falls and up to the steps of the Sioux Falls Cathedral. They pounded on the front door and demanded to search the whole church for any arms that they thought were being hidden and stockpiled there. The KKK also murdered a Catholic Priest in Lead SD.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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