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Future Pope Stalled on Abuse Case [message #61901]

Sun, 11 April 2010 03:43

E.J.

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Registered: August 2003
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From The New York Times:
"The future Pope Benedict XVI resisted pleas to defrock a California priest with a record of sexually molesting children, citing concerns including "the good of the universal church," according to a 1985 letter bearing his signature.

The correspondence, obtained by The Associated Press, is the strongest challenge yet to the Vatican's insistence that Benedict played no role in blocking the removal of pedophile priests during his years as head of the Catholic Church's doctrinal watchdog office.

The letter, signed by then-Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, was typed in Latin and is part of years of correspondence between the Diocese of Oakland and the Vatican about the proposed defrocking of the Rev. Stephen Kiesle.

The Vatican confirmed Friday that it was Ratzinger's signature. ''The press office doesn't believe it is necessary to respond to every single document taken out of context regarding particular legal situations,'' the Rev. Federico Lombardi said."

Read More Here:
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/us/AP-US-Pope-Church-Abuse.html?_r=2

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http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2010/04/09/21731

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http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2010/04/the-third-strike.html#more

[Updated on: Sun, 11 April 2010 03:47]

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		Future Pope Stalled on Abuse Case By: E.J. on Sun, 11 April 2010 03:43
		Re: Future Pope Stalled on Abuse Case By: timmy on Sun, 11 April 2010 06:36
		Re: Future Pope Stalled on Abuse Case By: JimB on Sun, 11 April 2010 15:02
		Re: Future Pope Stalled..not any more!!! By: chrisjames147 on Mon, 12 April 2010 23:14
		Re: Future Pope Stalled..not any more!!! By: JFR on Tue, 13 April 2010 03:31
		Re: Future Pope Stalled..not any more!!! By: timmy on Tue, 13 April 2010 08:04
		Re: Future Pope Stalled..not any more!!! By: chrisjames147 on Tue, 13 April 2010 12:03
		Re: Future Pope Stalled..not any more!!! By: timmy on Tue, 13 April 2010 12:48
		And now the Pope speaks of penance... By: chrisjames147 on Thu, 15 April 2010 16:27
		Re: And now the Pope speaks of penance... By: timmy on Thu, 15 April 2010 16:53
		Re: And now the Pope speaks of penance... By: JFR on Thu, 15 April 2010 18:35
		Re: And now the Pope speaks of penance... By: chrisjames147 on Sat, 29 May 2010 19:53
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