Pope Allegedly Knew About Wis. Pedophile Priest

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(March 25) -- Just days after Pope Benedict XVI chastised Irish bishops for covering up clerical sexual abuse in Ireland, new documents suggest he did nothing to discipline a Wisconsin priest he knew had molested scores of deaf boys -- and may have blocked a church trial in the case.

In 1996, when then-Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger was serving in one of the Vatican's most important positions, he received written warnings from several bishops about the Rev. Lawrence Murphy, a priest at St. John's School for the Deaf in St. Francis, Wis., The New York Times reported. The Times obtained the internal church documents from lawyers of five victims of Murphy, who are suing the Archdiocese of Milwaukee.

"This shows a direct line from the victims through the bishops and directly to the man who is now pope," Jeff Anderson, one of the lawyers, told AOL News reporter Lisa Holewa in Milwaukee. "The only difference is now we have the documents that are open to secular eyes."

Abuse allegations against Murphy were brought to the pope's attention when he was a cardinal; documents suggests he took no action.
The abuse of what may have been up to 200 deaf boys, many who reported cowering in their beds weeping while Murphy, the school's powerful priest, molested others, was first reported in 2006 in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Murphy worked at the school from 1950 to 1974.

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At the highest levels. Sick and disgusting. And these perverted old men get to decide whether all women Catholic or non-Catholic have the right to make decisions about their own bodies.

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1. "may have blocked a church trial in the case".

Fuck "church trials"! Aren't any of these diddling priests ever reported to real authorities, so they can be prosecuted in real courts?