Pope under fire for priest transfer, letter on sex abuse - USATODAY.com

Good summary of the Pope’s connections to sex abuse cases across the world.  Will he do something or let the fire continue.

The revelations have put the spotlight on Benedict's handling of abuse claims both when he was archbishop of Munich from 1977-1982 and then the prefect of the Vatican office that deals with such crimes — a position he held until his 2005 election as pope.

We find it extraordinarily hard to believe that Ratzinger didn't reassign the predator, or know about the reassignment," said Barbara Blaine, president and founder of SNAP, Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests.

Already, the scandal was inching closer to Benedict after allegations of abuse surfaced at the prestigious choir that was led by his brother, Georg Ratzinger, from 1964 until 1994.

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German Diocese Ignored Abuse Warnings, Doctor Says - NYTimes.com

This is a new story regarding the pope’s role in the German scandals. 

In 1980, after abuse complaints from parents in Essen that the priest did not deny, Archbishop Ratzinger approved a decision to move the priest to Munich for therapy.

psychiatrist said in an interview that he did not have any direct communications with Archbishop Ratzinger and did not know whether or not the archbishop knew about his warnings. Though he said he had spoken with several senior church officials, Dr. Huth’s main contact at the time was a bishop, Heinrich Graf von Soden-Fraunhofen, who died in 2000.

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The Map says it all—where are the jobs?

Illinois Department of Employment Security report released Tuesday--

these unemployment figures  are not seasonally adjusted.