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Reporter obrien denied the claims and said in a statement today, for any failures, i apologize to all whom ive offended. The one who handed me over to you reporter just last week, obrien spoke out about the american cardinal, mahoney under pressure to sit out the conclave because he shielded sexually abusive priests. We all acknowledge that sometimes if someone has erred in some way or another, it doesnt stop their judgment in other matters. Reporter its all revealing that sometimes nasty politics behind the pageantry. The fact that we havent been through a mourning period and a papal funeral has let the dogs loose over the last week in a way that would not normally have taken place in the normal course of the papal transition. Reporter after adoring crowds yesterday, today the pope dealt with another sordid mess. Last years leak of papal documents by the popes own butler. The pope decided that an internal report on that scandal would remain secret, known only to him and the next pope.