now, cardinal dolan's spokesman in new york these days has no comment about any of this.former wisconsin archdiocese called the payments a faster and cheaper way to get accused pedophiles out of the priesthood instead of a religious trial at the vatican which they said could traumatize victims, but we don't know what the victims felt about all this or if they played a role. >> what happens next? will we get more answers here? >> we'll certainly try to. snap, that's a victim support group, they have sent a letter to the archdiocese of milwaukee asking how many priests got this money and where that money came from. and by the way, don, we don't know whether this is a common practice of the catholic church here, and the u.s. cathric conference of bishops which dolan heads up, it has not responded to our questions either. >> susan reporting from new york, thank you very much. meantime, jurors in philadelphia hold the fate of the highest ranking cathrolic cleric for covering up sexual abuse. jurors got the case on friday. he's accused of knowingly allowing dangerous priests to

victims in the archdiocese of milwaukee say cardinal dolan who is the archbishop of milwaukee at theayed paying off priests accused of molesting children. the unassignable priests were offered $20,000. in a statement, the archdiocese said it was the most expedient and cost-effective way to have offenders removed from the priesthood. a spokesman for archbishop timothy dolan has no comment on the allegations. >>> it's been 301 days since the u.s. lost its top credit rating. what are we doing to get it back? the market has not been helping. dow and nasdaq both just turned in their worst monthly performances in a year. the dow off more than 6%, the nasdaq more than 7% in may. >>> now our third story outfront. a mistrial in the bizarre and twisted case of john edwards. and for now he's avoided a 30-year prison sentence and more than a million dollars in fines. after almost nine days of deliberations, the jury in the federal trial told the judge today they were deadlocked. the judge sent them back to deliberate, and when all was said and done, they only reached a verdict on one of the six

cardinal dolan has not commented on the latest revelations.e he called the payments an act of charity. >>> body parts in the mail, kittens killed, a girlfriend who tur toured and killed young girls. all linked to a kaudi iacanadia porn actor. he's accused of killing a chinese student and cutting up his parts and sending the body parts to canadian lawmakers. paula, what's the latest today? >> reporter: well, of course, now the hunt for this suspect has moved across the pond here to europe. canadian police telling me they have reason to believe that he left last weekend and that, in fact, even though they have this manhunt on and interpol has launch what had they call a red notice, i can tell you it's an airports and train stations around europe, that they believe he has several days lead ahead of them. i want you to listen now to canadian police describe exactly what was involved in this murder in terms of what the relationship was between the two. >> as well as video, we believe the suspect and victim knew each other. how well they knew each o

cardinal dolan this morning thanked god for religious liberties garpd teed by the constitution. >> we never take that liberty for grant and and we have courage to stand up and defend it. there is a twofold priority here. gratitude to god for religious freedom and making sure we're strong in keeping it strong. >> reporter: now the obama administration decided only institutions such as churches that higher and serve those of the same faith would be exempted from providing contraceptive coverage. the catholic church though is the nation's number one nongovernmental provider of health care and catholic schools an charities argued that ruling forces them to choose between serving non-catholics as they do now or violating their religious beliefs. they filed a dozen lawsuits challenging the law and are trying to keep up the pressure with this two weeks of protest and letter-writing. >> the church is asking not for people to take to the streets and get arrested but the church is calling for catholics to say, this is an unjust law and we can't follow it. >> reporter: the administration sought

the practice occurred when timothy dolan, now the cardinal of new york, was archbishop of milwaukee. the survivors network of those abused by priests characterized it as a payoff for pedophile priests, something dolan denied. a spokeswoman for the archdiocese of milwaukee said the payments were a way to move the men out of the priesthood more quickly. she called it a form of charity as the men transitioned off the payrolls. >>> a federal appeals court in boston ruled thursday that the defense of marriage act, which defines marriage as solely between a man and a woman, unconstitutionally denies benefits to married gay couples. the judges said the 1996 federal law deprives same-sex couples of the rights and privileges granted to heterosexual couples. but the judges said their ruling will not be enforced until the u.s. supreme court takes up the issue. doma, as the law is known, is being fought over in several lower courts, but it's the supreme court that has final say over whether a law passed by congress is constitutional. >>> american muslims are vowing to step up their efforts agains

. >> in new york, archbishop and cardinal timothy dolan will say his first fortnight for freedom massinutes. >> a woman loses her footing while fishing in vermont and falls into a fast moving sack -- the fast moving river. her husband jumping in, as you see in after her. the current swept a couple over a waterfall which is about 20 foot drop. the daring rescue caught on camera as crewed used a ladder to pull them to safety. aside from some cuts and bruises, believe it or not, they are ok. >> they are lucky, too! meanwhile, we have an update on that story we told you about yesterday. a 68-year-old bus monitor bullied by middle school students in new york who were absolute monsters. we warn you, the video is brutal. >> you're fat! you're so fat. you take up like the whole entire seat. >> oh, no! >> oh, my god! you're fricking sweaty. >> unless you have something nice to say, don't say anything at all. >> she sat there and took the abuse, the bullying for 10 minutes. she does not want to file charges against the kids. meanwhile, yesterday, we told you that a fund was set up by a blogger