(np) New Pope?

[David Morris]

Masters always diddle their acolites. Always.

On Tuesday, February 12, 2013, Keith Davis wrote:

> 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<javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', '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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