Thank you, I should have guessed. :)
btw, this from a link by another poster, but I can’t remember his user name:
“This past weekend, the AP thought they had found the smoking gun: a 1985 letter bearing Ratzinger’s signature purportedly stalling the laicization of a priest. The AP got the story all wrong.
Turns out the facts of the case exonerate Ratzinger entirely. For the record, Cardinal Ratzinger did not have authority over sex abuse cases until 2001. This case occurred in the late 80’s. The rule of thumb on all these stories is that the local bishop is the first person responsible for punishing priestly offenders and the one charged with protecting his flock from these menaces.
To imagine the Pope has the ability or the manpower to police the actions of every cleric around the globe is a child’s delusion. If he could do you actually think there would be so many liturgical abuses throughout the Church? “
http://www.ewtn.com/news/blog.asp?blog_ID=2
The NYTimes is playing a gullible public like a fiddle.
I’m even hearing talk show hosts quoting the AP story without bothering to get both sides. Sad.
Thank you, Sun, for posting the facts. Some people just aren’t interested in them!