Sic is a Latin word meaning "thus", "so", or "just as that". In writing, it is italicized and placed within square brackets — [sic] — to indicate that an incorrect or unusual spelling, phrase, punctuation, and/or other preceding quoted material is a verbatim reproduction of the quoted original and is not a transcription error.
That's exactly right. ABC apparently thought the religiously-based idea of expecting to see his friend ago was so odd that they wanted people to understand that it wasn't a transcription error.