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Published: 04/7/10

Vatican's Point Man on Abuse Was Successfully Sued by Whistleblowing Priest

By  Jason Berry - Politics Daily
Vatican's Point Man on Abuse Was Successfully Sued by Whistleblowing Priest

With Pope Benedict XVI in a stance of passive silence on the clergy sex abuse crisis, the Vatican strategy of attacking the news media has made the pope more vulnerable to criticism. Loyal Catholics, and even political leaders inclined to give the pontiff the benefit of the doubt, are wondering why he can't say what went wrong and how he will make structural changes. Instead, just before Easter, the Vatican launched a counteroffensive against the media in general and The New York Times in particular. The opening salvo was Cardinal William Levada's critique on the Vatican Web site of the ...

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