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amiska. joining me now is rev rebd who left for the amiss ka pl church so he could marry. also father edward beck is here. father beck, i wonder, the news of the lawsuits, do you read anything into the timing of the announcement of it and just a reminder of some of the issues the church is facing. obviously, it s a sad and terrible thing. there s no excuse for it. the lawyers did it to get maximum exposure for it. cardinal mahoney has been a controversial figure. some said he shouldn t come to the conclave at all. he s been released of official duties? that s correct. but not to vote for the pope.
they might be then subjected to lawsuits or subjected to law enforcement. you are saying you believe most cardinals, most people in leadership positions were counseling priests the same thing? i think when cardinal mahoney spoke of his behavior in the 80s and he was sincere, he said he did not know how to deal with pedophiles and didn t know how to deal with the priests. most issues he spoke of in public, most have not been confronted with and have not been told you deal with the issues you covered up. in my work in the media, 11 years i worked in roman catholic work, throughout latin america, most bishops and cardinals have participated in the behavior we are saying he was responsible for. i think it s unfair to pinpoint him because this is something
we are learning the church paid nearly $10 million to four men allegedly abused as young boys. some, including mahoney are down the street electing a pope. joining me now is reverend amiska. joining me now is rev rebd who left for the amiss ka pl church so he could marry. also father edward beck is here. father beck, i wonder, the news of the lawsuits, do you read anything into the timing of the announcement of it and just a reminder of some of the issues the church is facing. obviously, it s a sad and terrible thing. there s no excuse for it. the lawyers did it to get maximum exposure for it. cardinal mahoney has been a controversial figure. some said he shouldn t come to the conclave at all.
experience, which, most of the time, is eaten up by the choreography of ballots. each cardinal steps up individually and deposits his ballot. that happens 115 times. soup to nuts, each ballot takes about an hour, hour and a half. if you take two in the morning and two in the afternoon, that s pretty much your day: so the politics of this process don t unfold in the sisteen chapel. it s going to unfold where the cardinals are staying. breakfast, lunch, dinner, during the down time, that s when they will have conversations about who seems to have legs as a candidate, forming potential alliances, that sort of thing. and you ve talked to cardinals in the past who have gone through this procedure, how frank are the discussions? well, i ll tell you, these conversations are remarkably frank.