the indictments spelling out in graphic detail what cam pell had done to his victims and asked joseph ratzingerno. it cannot be admitted in as much as it lacks the request of father campbell himself. incredibly what cardinal ratzinger was saying is he could not agree to defrock a priest, even a child molester, without that priest's permission. the vatican's prosecutor worked with the pope for years on sex abuse cases. when he sat down with me at the vatican, it was his first-ever television interview on the pope's record. do you see how it sounds so ridiculous, under canon law, unless he requests it, we can't defrock him. >> it would sound ridiculous if you forget the next paragraph that says there is a way of reducing him to state and it is by church trial. >> reporter: the letter does say the bishop can avoid responsibility for keeping campbell by putting him through a church trial. but again, that would take years. and campbell had already been convicted in a criminal trial. he admits the process needed changing. >> i think that these cases certainly thought cardinal ratzinger, his collabora

years ago when he was cardinal joseph ratzinger he oversaw some of the morneau tore yous abuse casescnn special investigation, gary tuchman looks at what the pope knew. >> reporter: in 1989 bishop daniel ryan drove about 45 minutes north of his office in springfield, illinois to the town of lincoln. he came here to lincoln to visit one of his priests. a priest who is living here in a prison. in 1985, father alvin campbell pleaded guilty to multiple charges of sexual assault on boys as young as 11 years old. he was sentenced to 14 years in prison. matt mccormick was one of the children campbell abused. >> i don't come by the school, and i don't come by the church. starting in seventh grade, campbell molested mccormick in the church's school, the rectory and even here. >> is this the confessional you were in? >> this is the confession al. >> campbell was sent to prison, but he was still a priest. that's why bishop bryan came to visit him to ask him to voluntarily leave the priesthood. he turned to rome for help. spelling out in graphic detail what he had done to his victims. ratzinger'

that's the nightmare for joseph ratzinger. and to a degree because of his track record that could come true. >>> tonight, jimmy cart, the former president opens his white house diary. >> on the inaugural platform, my feelings were of regret that i had lost the election but is a sense of relief to be free of the responsibilities for a while. >> revealing bitter feelings about the late ted kennedy, his take on barack obama and the hostage crisis in iran that probably cost him a second term. what's changed in the 30 years since he left office? jimmy carter in his last hour-long interview with me next on "larry king live." >>> good evening, we're in new york with jimmy cart, the 13th president of the united states, the nobel prize laureate and founder of the carter center, best selling author and his new book "white house diary" an extraordinary collection. you kept the diary and now you reveal it? >> well, i thought i would wait 30 years. >> why wait? >>. >> well, it was highly personal, i thought i would never let it be publishe

that's the nightmare for joseph ratzinger. and to a degree because of his track record that could come true. >>> tonight my final appearance on the larry king live show. >> jerry seinfeld. he has kept one of hollywood's most buzzed about secrets until tonight. >> this is beyond new. >> the comic reveals the true identity. >> it's like not even total shock. >> come on, jerry, please, please, please. >> someone we've only read about. >> there was -- >> part of the funniest man on the planet is here. >> the only thing missing on this show is a menu. >> jerry seinfeld is next on "larry king live." good evening. i have to say this. he is making his broadway debut. "history of the world in 75 min" and wrote the forward to an all-new letters from a nut. one of the funniest books you'll ever read. and tonight he'll reveal the secret author a little bit later. he's a longtime friend to this show. watch, we'll show you some examples. >> look at this piece of junk. look at it. give me a camera. look at this. this is like a $4.95 opening

his lawsuit is the first to ever specifically name joseph ratzinger, now pope benedict.ntil now, kerry has been anonymous, named only as john doe 16. >> translator: yeah, i was confused as to why it was happening. i mean, he was a priest. you know, i was trying to figure out, i can't believe a priest would do that. >> reporter: the priest is believed to have picked out victims who were especially vulnerable or had been through tragedy already in their young lives. terry kohut fit that pattern. >> translator: my brother was electrocuted. he died when i was 10. and when i was 11, my father hung himself. and at 12, my favorite dog died, and it tore me up. and i saw father murphy. and i thought that he could be a second father. >> reporter: tell me why, terry, you've decided to file suit. what do you want to see happen? >> translator: i want to see the vatican because i've been waiting for all these years for them to ex-communicate, defrock, father murphy, but they haven't.

in the end, that could be the worst scenario ever, that's the nightmare for joseph ratzinger and to a degree because of his track record, that could come true. >> larry: tonight -- >> my final appearance on the "larry king live" show. >> larry: he kept one of hollywood's most buzzed about secrets until tonight. the comic reveals the true identity -- >> a total shock. >> come on, jerry, please, please, please, please, please. >> larry: someone we have only read about. >> it was a nom of plume. >> larry: one of the funniest men on the planet is here. jerry seinfeld is next on "larry king live." ♪ >> larry: good evening. i have to say this? jerry seinfeld is an actor, director, author, and comedian. >> keep going. >> larry: you may not know who he is. he is making his directing debut, long story short, history of the world in 75 minutes and he wrote the forward to an all new "letters from a nut" one of the funniest books you will ever read. and tonight he will reveal the secret author a little later. jerry has been a frequent guest, long-time friend to this show. watch, we will show you

indictments, spelling out in graphic detail what campbell had done to his victims and asked joseph ratzingerr's answer, no. the petition in question cannot be admitted inasmuch as it lacks the request of father campbell itself which is called for by the current norms. incredibly, what cardinal ratzinger was saying was he could not agree to defrock a priest, even a convicted child molester, without that priest's permission. monsignor charles chacuna, the vatican prosecutor worked for years. when he sat with me at the vatican it was his first ever television interview on the pope's record. do you see how it sounds ridiculous under the canon law unless he requests it we can't defrock him? >> it would sound ridiculous if you forget the next paragraph that says there is a way of reducing him to the lay state and it is by church trial. >> reporter: ratzinger's letter says the bishop can avoid responsibility for keeping campbell by putting him through a church trial but again that would take years and campbell had already been convicted in a criminal trial. he admits the process needed changing. >>

sad for the victim and sad that we know now cardinal joseph ratzinger knew very well about these casesecades ago. we have the documents. kept secret for years. they have his signature. these documents are from desperate bishops from the united states, asking cardinal ratzinger so get these priests off our hands. in some cases, these priests were in jail and they were asking ratzinger, please. he would write back, give us more information and would delay and delay. what the church is telling us now, we have an exclusive interview now with one of the top aides in vatican city, is that local decisions could have been made by the bishops to get rid of these priests, if that was the case, why were they desperately writing back and forth and we have those letters. one more. if the church is saying local petitions could have been made, why was he firing priests who differed with the vatican about religious doctrine. he would not do anything about priests he knew were molesters. >> amazing information you have been able gary, to uncover here. i know we'll hear a lot more about it, but we appre

the lawsuit first names joseph ratzinger now pope. is named on as john doe 16. >> translator: yeah, i was confused as to why he was having -- here he is a priest. you know, i was trying to figure out -- i mean, i can't believe a priest would do that. >> reporter: the priest is believed to have picked out victims who were especially vulnerable or had been through tragedy already in their young lives. terry fit that pattern. >> translator: my brother was electrocuted. died when i was 10. and when i was 11 my father hung himself. and at 12 my favorite dog died and tore me up. i saw father murphy and i thought that he could be a second father. >> reporter: tell me why, terry, you have decided to file suit. what do you want to see happen? >> translator: i want the see the vatican because i've been waiting for all these years for them to excommunicate, defrock father murphy but they haven't. >> and to find out what cardinal rat zinger knew and did about father murphy tune in next weekend "what the hopope knew." it is saturday and sunday 8:0

joseph. in the same period, across the atlantic there were graver allegations against another pedophile priest. once again, central to the investigation was cardinal ratzinger. the priest was [unintelligible] his influence covered the world. >> he raised billions of dollars, created a network of schools and a religious movement that spread to four comments. he was a notorious child molester, morphine addict and use money to secure power. >> jason berry has been investigating him for 25 years. he said the vatican had complaints stretching back to the 1950's. the failure to act left the victims of protected. he also had secret relationships with various women and children were born. >> i have interviewed pedophiles in prison, a great many of abuse survivors. i don't think any of those priests even comes close to him in terms of raw evil. it is almost mind-boggling what he did. >> he was born in 1920 into a prominent catholic family. family connections secured his organization -- secured his ordination. he founded the legion of christ, a movement that claims a presence in 23 countries. at one point the vatican and suspended him amid allegations he abused semin

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