[Rev. M. Rodimer]

Originally Posted by avemaria

The pope did'nt cover it up. Thepriest himself and the bishopof His Diocese did.

Allow me (with help from the BBC) to enlighten you:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/8587082.stm

Pope Benedict XVI failed to act over complaints during the 1990s about a priest in the US who is thought to have abused some 200 deaf boys, victims say.As head of the Vatican office dealing with sex abuses, the then Cardinal Ratzinger allegedly did not respond to letters from an archbishop on the case.

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For more than 20 years before he was made pontiff, Cardinal Ratzinger led the Congregation for the Doctrine of Faith - the Vatican office with responsibility, among other issues, for response to some child abuse cases.

An archbishop wrote letters in 1996 to the Vatican watchdog led by Cardinal Ratzinger calling for disciplinary proceedings against Fr Lawrence Murphy, according to Church and Vatican documents.

Benedict spent 20 years covering up for kiddie-rapists, dear. And now he's your "pope".