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	Minnesota Lawyers Set to File Lawsuit against Pope, Vatican WISN April 21, 2010 http://www.wisn.com/news/23226719/detail.html MILWAUKEE -- A lawsuit aimed at the pope, the Vatican, and two cardinals is expected to be filed Thursday. The lawsuit claims all parties involved helped cover-up for an abusive Wisconsin priest. The federal lawsuit centers around Father Lawrence Murphy who abused at least 200 hundred children at the School for the Deaf in St. Francis decades ago. Now some of his victims are seeking legal action against the pope himsef. Murphy worked at the School for the Deaf in the '50s, '60s, and '70s. The abuse of hundreds of children was virtually kept a secret until the '90s. Newly released documents show that's when the Milwaukee Archdiocese alerted a cardinal at the Vatican about Murphy, asking if Murphy should be removed from the priesthood. Murphy died before the case was resolved. Now that cardinal is Pope Benedict XVI. Thursday, a victim of Murphy plans to file suit against the Vatican and wants church leaders to release the list of offenders and secret files in all clergy abuse cases.
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