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day christ died. this year catholics are also trying to understand the scandal of priest sexual abuse. as pope benedict performed the rituals of holy thursday, washing the feet of 12 priests as jesus washed the feet of the apostles at the last supper and blessing holy oils, he made no mention of the crisis, accusations that church leaders, perhaps even the pope himself, did not do enough to protect children from sexually abusive priests. the pope is the target of some victims lawyers. they want to question the pontiff under oath about the alleged cover-up of predator priests. the vatican s top lawyer says as a head of state the pope has immunity. legal experts say they would have to prove a chain of control from the pope to the abusing priest. the catholic church is not the monolith they think it is. the pope does not give orders to every parish priest.