Pope's order a 'smoking gun' in
managing rogue priests
A document from the files of the Boston archdiocese indicates that Vatican
policy stressed avoiding scandal over the safety of children, church critics said Tuesday. The document indicated that Pope John Paul II said a defrocked Catholic priest who had a history of molesting boys should leave the areas where his "condition" was known - or stay put as long as it caused no scandal. |
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