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Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God (2012)

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I was a monk, I was a very pious monk.

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about the abuse he suffered as a teenager.

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I mean, it was a consensual relationship

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Then, I was looking up at a nun,

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And I was just sick, I was just sick.

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And I saw that he was molesting a boy.

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I was forgiven and blessed, and then I was touched.

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It was like a castle.

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that this was a pattern,

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It was a smoking gun.

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There was a way that the Vatican was informed

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I was very innocent, naive.

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I was kind of surprised,

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Yet, when he was a cardinal,

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I told him I thought I was dealing with a person of good faith as well.

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because I was hearing that he was molesting other kids.

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Finally, I woke up and I was furious

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I think it was in confession.

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I thought it was pastoral care,

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And he was very good, he was a really, really popular priest.