Vatican 'did not defrock priest accused of abuse'

A US Roman Catholic archbishop warned a top Vatican office led by the future Pope Benedict XVI about a priest who may have molested as many as 200 deaf boys, according to documents obtained by The New York Times, but the priest never was defrocked.

The documents were provided by two lawyers who filed lawsuits alleging the Archdiocese of Milwaukee didn’t take sufficient action against Father Lawrence Murphy.