ROME
Gazzetta del Sud
Rome, March 6 – A group representing American survivors of sexual abuse by priests on Wednesday named a ‘Dirty Dozen’ of cardinals they said shouldn’t be ‘papabili’ or candidates for pope because of their handling of child sex abuse claims. The Vatican replied that it would not be swayed by the list. The list of those deemed unsuitable to succeed Benedict XVI was drawn up on the basis of “their actions and/or public comment about child sex abuse and cover-up in the church,” said SNAP, the Survivors’ Network of those Abused by Priests. SNAP representatives Barbara Doris e David Clohessy read out the list to journalists in a Rome hotel.
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