New reports reveal Pope’s oversight role in sexual abuse of children
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New information made public this week shows a more detailed role that Pope Benedict had in the Catholic Church's inaction against abusive priests. According to church files cited by the New York Times, Pope Benedict, who was head of the Vatican's office on sex abuse cases in the 1990s, did not act to investigate a priest who is believed to have molested 200 children between 1950-1974 at a school for the deaf in Wisconsin. The new information follows the resignation of an Irish bishop this week over his failure to report abusive priests.
We're joined by Jason Berry is an author and documentary film producer, who has been investigating abuse in the Catholic Church for two decades. His book, Vows of Silence, is the subject of a film documentary he produced in 2008.
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