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Wis. priest accused of molesting 200 deaf boys (AP)

March 25th, 2010

This 1974 photo shows Rev. Lawrence Murphy. The Vatican on Thursday March 25, 2010 strongly defended its decision not to defrock Murphy, an American priest accused of molesting some 200 deaf boys in Wisconsin and denounced what it called a campaign to smear Pope Benedict XVI and his aides. (AP Photo/Milwaukee Journal Sentinel ) MANDATORY CREDITAP - Arthur Budzinski says the first time the priest molested him, he was 12 years old, alone and away from home at a school for the deaf. He says…

Vatican axed trial for priest accused by deaf boys (AP)

March 25th, 2010

Members of the SNAP (Survivors Network of those Abused by Priest) , display a photo of Pope Benedict XVI when he was cardinal during a press conference in front of The Vatican Thursday, March 25, 2010. Two Wisconsin bishops urged the Vatican office led by Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger now Pope Benedict XVI to let them conduct a church trial against a priest accused of molesting some 200 deaf boys, but the Vatican ordered the process halted, church and Vatican documents show. Despite the grave allegations, Ratzinger's deputy at the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith ruled that the alleged molestation had occurred too long ago and the accused priest, Rev. Lawrence Murphy, should instead repent and be restricted from celebrating Mass outside of his diocese. (AP Photo/Pier Paolo Cito)AP - The Vatican on Thursday strongly defended its decision not to defrock an American priest accused of molesting some 200 deaf boys in Wisconsin and denounced what it called…

Father H’s Story: Germany’s Pedophile Priest Scandal (Time.com)

March 20th, 2010

Time.com - In an interview with TIME, the psychiatrist who treated the Catholic priest accused of pedophilia describes his former patient’s attitude — then and now

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Pope’s former diocese admits error over priest (AP)

March 12th, 2010

Archbishop Robert Zollitsch, head of Germany's bishops conference, is seen before the beginning of the spring meeting of Germany's bishops conference in Freiburg February 22, 2010. REUTERS/Johannes Eisele/FilesAP - Pope Benedict XVI’s former German diocese said Friday it made a mistake when the pontiff was archbishop in allowing a priest suspected to have abused a child to…

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