Report: 'Papal successor' moved paedophile priest

A cardinal mentioned as a candidate to be the next Pope sent a fugitive priest accused of molesting an altar boy in Costa Rica to work in two remote parishes in Honduras, it was reported today.

The Dallas Morning News, which has conducted a year-long investigation of runaway Roman Catholic priests, said Cardinal Oscar Rodriguez put the Reverend Enrique Vasquez to work in the parishes from last year until March, when Vasquez fled the village of Guinope days ahead of police.