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Vatican admonishes Austrian cardinal for comments (AP)

File - In this April 23, 2010 file photo, Belgium's Archbishop Andre-Joseph Leonard addresses the media in Brussels. The pope on Sunday, June 27, 2010  called the recent raids carried out by Belgian police investigating priestly sex abuse 'surprising and deplorable' and voiced his support for the Belgian bishops who were held during the searches. In a message of solidarity to the head of the Belgian bishops' conference, Pope Benedict XVI said justice must take its course but also asserted the right of the Catholic Church to investigate abuse alongside civil law enforcement authorities. (AP Photo/Yves Logghe, File)AP - The Vatican has admonished a leading cardinal for having publicly criticized the former Vatican No. 2 for his handling of clerical abuse cases.


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