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Pope slams cardinal who exposed abuse cover-up - 7/1/2010 7:42:30 PM

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These old men who run the church just don't get it and I have no respect for them. And the Catholic Church wonders why attendance is down.

Pope slams cardinal who exposed abuse cover-up

The Vatican on Monday issued an unprecedented rebuke of a top cardinal who had accused the retired Vatican No. 2 of blocking clerical sex abuse investigations, publicly dressing down a man who had been praised for his criticism of church abuse cover-ups.

The silencing of Cardinal Christoph Schoenborn, the archbishop of Vienna and long considered a papal contender, drew heated criticism from clerical abuse victims.'

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/06/29/MNRF1E68UI.DTL

Pope Benedict XVI (left) with Cardinal Christoph Schoenborn, whom he admonished for accusing an official of blocking inquiries.