A 1997 letter from the Vatican instructing Irish bishops to not report sex abuse cases to the police has been uncovered. (Article from CBC here.) And apparently this directive was issued to short-circuit an Irish church program to help police identify pedophile priests.
This letter is being called a "smoking gun" by some observers because it directly refutes Vatican claims that it never instructed bishops or priests to withhold evidence from police.
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.
This letter is being called a "smoking gun" by some observers because it directly refutes Vatican claims that it never instructed bishops or priests to withhold evidence from police.
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.