[Notwithstanding]

Do you think Nancy Pelosi ever read the letter I wrote to her?

[AmishDude]

Was it cc:ed to the police?

[Dr. Eckleburg]

[Petrosius]

So let me get this straight:

1) The civil authorities were informed of the matter 1974 and declined to prosecute.

2) Nevertheless, Fr. Murphy was removed from his position and was administratively placed on an official sick leave in 1974, at which time he moved to Wisconsin to live with his mother and from which time he had no official assignment until his death in 1998.

3) A canonical trial was initiated against him in 1996 which was still ongoing at the time of his death.

4) But letter was sent in 1995 to the Secretary of State, who has no jurisdiction in the matter. This is somehow to show that there was an international conspiracy to protect and coverup the crimes of an abusing priest, the allegations of which were already known to the civil authorities.

The coverup is where exactly?

[TSgt]

But Dr. Eckleburg, the apologists tell me they were TEENAGE boys like the ones in the picture. That it was homosexual sex not child rape. I don't understand...

Rev. Lawrence Murphy, rear left with hands folded, watches as Holy Communion is administered at St. John's School for the Deaf in St. Francis, Wis. A Minnesota attorney said Thursday, April 22, 2010, he is filing a federal lawsuit that accuses Pope Benedict XVI and senior Vatican officials of failing to defrock Murphy despite allegations he molested at least 200 deaf children from 1950 to 1975.

[Onelifetogive]

VATICAN NO. 2

I'd lobby for a loftier title. "Vice Pope" maybe, "Assistant Pope". Maybe even "1st Alternate Pope". But "Vatican No.2" sounds like a bodily function.