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Sexual assault survivor on Pope Benedict’s resignation: ‘He’s resigning without having done what he needs to have done’
Cenk talks to Peter Isely, a founding member of the Survivor’s Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAP), about the surprising resignation of Pope Benedict and his legacy. “The point about Benedict resigning is that he’s resigning without having done what he needs to have done as Pope,” Isely says, referring to the continuing child abuse scandals and coverups within the Catholic Church. Isely continues his point, laying out direction for the papal sucessor. “The first day he comes into office, [he needs to] sign a decree…that any priest that has sexually assaulted or harmed a child is going to be immediately removed from the priesthood.”
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