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	Why Did Pope Hesitate to Act on Convicted Molester? CNN May 3, 2010 http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2010/05/03/why-did-pope-hesitate-to-act-on-convicted-molester/ [video presentation] Stephen Kiesle, a former priest and a convicted sex offender was accused of molesting children while studying to be a priest in the 1970s. He pleaded no contest to some of those charges, but also said he no longer wanted to be a priest. His bishop at the time agreed - Kiesle should not be associated with the Catholic Church. But there was one man who disagreed - Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger - then a top Vatican official and now Pope Benedict the XVI. Why did he wait to act? CNN's Gary Tuchman took a closer look.
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