The Pope and the Vatican lied about Pope Rat the 1rst.
(Govmer Pyle voice) "Surprise, surprise, surprise!"
Future pope stalled pedophile case
By GILLIAN FLACCUS
The Associated Press
Friday, April 9, 2010; 2:54 PM
LOS ANGELES -- The future Pope Benedict XVI resisted pleas to defrock a California priest with a record of sexually molesting children, citing
concerns including "the good of the universal church," according to a 1985 letter bearing his signature.
The correspondence, obtained by The Associated Press, is the strongest challenge yet to the Vatican's insistence that Benedict played no role in blocking the removal of pedophile priests during his years as head of the Catholic Church's doctrinal watchdog office.
The letter, signed by then-Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, was typed in Latin
and is part of years of correspondence between the Diocese of Oakland and
the Vatican about the proposed defrocking of the Rev. Stephen Kiesle.
The Vatican refused to comment on the contents of the letter Friday, but a spokesman confirmed it bore Ratzinger's signature.
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