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They decided to file a lawsuit against the Archdiocese,
There were certain levels of experimentation,
13 years after the first sign of Walsh's abuse,
and he thinks that there's going to be a response.
It was a smoking gun.
I was four in 1954 and I really liked being at school.
which were very graphic and very clear,
he was bowing and scraping and worshiping the Pope and the Pope apparently liked it.
I felt sick and confused.
"He's going to get things in motion."
to report these things to the local authorities?
That prompted a few people to come out of the woodwork, if you like.
The children lined up to shake his hand.
They are called, they are chosen by God, they want to protect
I filled out the confession form.
he moved next door on assignment to St John's School For The Deaf.
Because it's a human problem.
beatification is the celebration of the blessed souls arrival in heaven
you know, comfort the afflicted, what we're ordained for.
Behind closed doors, Maciel led a secret life.
VOICE DISTORTED: The clinic allowed Father Walsh
The dorm was cooler than being at home with my parents,
After the first time Tom played with me, I got used to it.
[IN ITALIAN:]
A priest can take bread and wine
by justice that had not gone forward
He is made a different brand of human being.
in special centers in Italy, France,
'NBC News In Depth tonight. Crisis in the Church...'
We grappled with it
"Well, we won't dismiss him from the priesthood,
and I thank the whole team of lawyers that have been here,
where they determine he has assaulted probably 200 children.
In 2011, Jeff Anderson & Associates
so he withdrew from his own case
and to obtain cash settlements for survivors.
and called Father Walsh.
Eight diocese have taken bankruptcy protection
I would mark things off and turn it in.
The Vatican communiqué did not mention his victims,
and my wife ultimately took me to a psychologist.
and even criminal involvement with children.
Oh, the sex abuse scandals,
parents and survivors scanned the Murphy Report
The big problem was the payoff, the paying for silence.
the school and Father Murphy.
And most people don't want to have anything go public.
Back in Milwaukee, Gary Smith decided to tell his father
Father Murphy agreed to pay $500 for Gary's legal fees
who had no-one to translate for him,
Murphy had told them that it wasn't true and the kids were making it up.
I felt that I could make a contribution
that can adequately describe how horrendous and duplicitous this is.
And guessing that the detectives had already talked to Murphy.
to speak about it this moment
about the impact of the financial losses.
♪ Uh-huh ♪
included the allegations against Murphy in her draft.
"I have repented of any of my past transgressions
and he got that way by giving money to people.
he left the priesthood.
Somebody comes to you in confession
in the local churches.
and St John's offered Gary the sum of a few thousand dollars for counselling.
you don't question it, you blindly go along with it.
that there are treatment centers.
This is the guilt of the Vatican.
It was like we were all little sheep lying in our beds
The New York Times, and me personally,
The alleged abuse took place in the 1950s.
Murphy would ask the boys to choose
He knew which boys wouldn't object if he went to them.
through Jesus Christ, Our Lord, Amen.
What we implore the Vatican to do in this lawsuit,
And I told him, "No."
Where were the nuns who were supposed to be watching the children?
though Maciel looked like an angel
And I decided to come and support everyone, all the victims.
that this was a pattern,
but I couldn't see.
in the clerical culture and with the Vatican.
a group of young zealots
But for the faithful in Ireland, the cover-up may be an unforgivable sin.
The writer for the Milwaukee Sentinel who covered the story
and "emptiness".
I would say in almost every case, yes.
For centuries the Vatican has been accustomed
is this unbelievably loud and deafening cry for justice.
Thank you. I love you.
People around him have this kind of information.
He had conducted an investigation and found no proo
And victims see the lawsuits he brings
Maciel settled in Jacksonville, Florida.
at a time when nobody suspected