(np) New Pope?

[Michael Bailey]

nasty piece of work, that!
reading the related articles at the link (for which, thanks!), I see
that in 2004, Bush 43 (speaking of nasty pieces of work) met with
Sodano and asked him to have his American minions speak out against
same sex marriage!


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, 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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