(np) New Pope?

[Keith Davis]

How about this?
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/12/world/asia/zen-buddhists-roiled-by-accusations-against-teacher.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=edit_th_20130212

On Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 8:45 PM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/12/opinion/the-pope-could-still-right-the-wrongs.html?ref=opinion
>
> Still, Benedict has one last chance to right some of the wrongs of the
> recent past by forcing out Cardinal Angelo Sodano<http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/s/angelo_sodano/index.html?inline=nyt-per>,
> the dean of the College of Cardinals and the man who, more than any other,
> embodies the misuse of power that has corrupted the church hierarchy.
>
> [...]
>
> But Cardinal Sodano ranks with the Los Angeles Cardinal Roger Mahony as an
> egregious practitioner of the cover up. As John Paul II’s secretary of
> state, he pressured Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, the future Pope Benedict, in
> two notorious cases.
>
> In 1995, Cardinal Hans Hermann Groër resigned as archbishop of Vienna,
> trailed by accusations, soon proven, that he had abused young men. Cardinal
> Ratzinger wanted the pope to speak out; Cardinal Sodano overruled him.
>
> Cardinal Sodano also pressured Cardinal Ratzinger to abort a case filed in
> 1998 by several men accusing the Rev. Marcial Maciel Degollado, founder of
> the Legionaries of Christ, of abusing them as seminarians. Cardinal Sodano
> was a longtime beneficiary of money and favors from Father Maciel. Priests
> who left the order told me he received at least $15,000 in cash.
>
>
> He was personally involved in protecting pedophiles.  I hope he rots.
>>
>>


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