Judicial Vicar in Fr. Murphy Case Speaks Out

By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist

The priest who presided over the trial of Fr. Lawrence Murphy, the Wisconsin priest convicted of molesting deaf boys several decades ago, said that because press reports of the case are so “sloppy and inaccurate,” he has decided to tell the “back story” in order to set the record straight.

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Vatican Responds to Media Attacks on Pope

By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist

The Vatican replied by personal letter to The New York Times about a misleading article it featured on the front page last week that presented then-Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger as being lax in the punishment imposed on a Milwaukee priest accused of abusing deaf children decades ago.

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