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His former archdiocese disclosed that while [Benedict] was archbishop a suspected pedophile priest was transferred to a job where he later abused children.
The pontiff is also under increasing fire for a 2001 Vatican document he later penned instructing bishops to keep such cases secret.
Cover-up, lie, conceal, slime the victims, that’s been the standard practice of [...]
In its 40 pages on Carney, the Murphy report said that his was one of the worst cases the commission investigated and that the Church’s handling of his case was “nothing short of catastrophic“.
“It was inept, self-serving and for the best part of 10 years displayed no obvious concern for the welfare of children,” the [...]
The Vatican is completely silent about this. Bishop Donal Murray’s resignation statement said nothing about his role in the coverup and instead just spewed sanctimonious hypocrisy about how he only wants the victims to find ‘closure and serenity,’ neglecting to mention they might also want justice too.
Has the Vatican disciplined him for his role in [...]
Cardinal Mahony of Los Angeles is under federal investigation for fraud concerning pedophile priests.
I lived in Los Angeles then and watched Mahony lie, evade, slime pedophile victims, stonewall, and do everything he could to avoid having the Catholic Church accept any responsibility for their pedophile priests.
The probe, in which U.S. Atty. Thomas P. O’Brien is [...]
