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Friday, April 9, 2010

Sad, disturbing news

By Michael Perry

NYT, 4/9/10

A 1985 letter, written in Latin, to the Diocese of Oakland signed by then-Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger. The letter said that a California priest accused of molesting children should not be defrocked without further study.
Kim Johnson/Associated Press

Pope Put Off Punishing Abusive Priest

By LAURIE GOODSTEIN and MICHAEL LUO

The future Pope Benedict XVI, then a top Vatican official, signed a 1985 letter saying that a case needed more time and that “the good of the church” had to be considered.

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