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Last weekend CNN aired a heartrending documentary about Pope Benedict and priests' sexual abuse of children called \"What the Pope Knew.\" Your readers can view it on YouTube in five parts here. Hearing the victims tell what happened to them at ages 10 or 11, counterimposed with Vatican bureaucrats defending Pope Benedict and canon procedures, will galvanize opinions as nothing else can.

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