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US child abuse move against the Pope is an absurd publicity stunt
THIS weekās controversy about whether Pope Benedict XVI should be compelled to testify about the Vaticanās role in relation to clerical sexual abuse of minors was an absurd publicity stunt. One might have expected it 50 years ago, but not in the 21st century. This year marks the 50th anniversary of the election of John F Kennedy, the first Roman Catholic President of the United States.
