Proof this pope stalled a molestation case

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."

To the leaders of the Catholic Church:

Own up to your mistakes. You've apologized. Now, perform the investigations that are so badly needed and overdue. Find out--truly--who did what, where, when and to whom. If people need to be turned in to the police, do so.

Then, please, for the love of all that is good, create structures within your organization so this stops happening and it doesn't happen into the future.

Haven't you had enough?

To the lay people of the Catholic Church:

Require the above of your leaders. They owe it to you. They owe it to all of us.

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