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Defrocked Catholic priest Frank Pavone spoke out on Monday against the Vatican's recent decision to remove him from the priesthood, claiming he would continue his work in the Catholic Church and appeal to the "people of God."
not unwarranted here. judge walton's history is important. he's no newcomer to political cases. he for instance was the judge who had the opportunity to rule in the whitewater case that documents involving hillary clinton shouldn't be released. he oversaw the trial of scooter libby, former vice president cheney's chief of staff which resulted in his conviction in connection with defrocking a cia agent. in essence, being prosecuted for perjury. this is not someone who speaks loosely, this is not someone who is unaware of what goes on in washington. and his comments come on the heels of the fact that he was one of the judges who had the opportunity to examine the mueller report. at that point, he had really i think unflattering things to say about bill barr, the then attorney general's voracity, when he told the country that the mueller report had exonerated then president trump. so there's a little bit of a
clinton shouldn't be released. he oversaw the trial of scooter libby, former vice president cheney's chief of staff which resulted in his conviction in connection with defrocking a cia agent. in essence, being prosecuted for perjury. this is not someone who speaks loosely, this is not someone who is unaware of what goes on in washington. and his comments come on the heels of the fact that he was one of the judges who had the opportunity to examine the mueller report. at that point, he had really i think unflattering things to say about bill barr, the then attorney general's voracity, when he told the country that the mueller report had exonerated then president trump. so there's a little bit of a trajectory here with judge walton increasingly feeling like it's important to speak the truth and help the american people see what he is seeing in his courtroom. >> joyce, before deliberations, prosecutors also told jurors that their efforts to blame trump was just a sideshow. and pointed out that this was not trump's criminal trial. is that significant? >> it was significant. this is an important thing for prosecutors to have done. they instructed the jury, and the jury which responded very
staff. each time i'm carol bug free this week i'm helping the nurses with their work would you like something to drink. no thanks that's very kind of a 1000000 here we're coming. and. of course robots can do much more than simply serve drinks in nursing homes. philosopher thomas metzinger has proposed pragmatic solutions for dealing with this new technology. defrocking we have a vicious bill for example the options for using a robotics in geriatric care he should maintain the dignity of the patients and that's a kind of money often i could ask individuals if they'd actually feel more comfortable having a machine change their diapers rather than a family member and just going to do it shows as a sign of
leave of absence from that post and the vatican could do something even before the appeals process is finished with that part of it. the other thing that many victims call for is a church trial. victims were here this weekend. they said we are happy to see a civil trial for these cases. we also want to see the church trial because the penalty for the church is defrocking, d dismissal from the priestly state. that will have to be the van continue's next step if and when the appeal process is finished and brings back a guilty verdict. >> how likely is that, a church trial, that that would actually happen? >> reporter: well, i think at this point, poppy, if the appeals verdict matches this verdict, that is that he is guilty, that's got to be automatic. there is no way at this stage, you saw it with the case of cardinal in the united states. no way they can escape that at that point.
they are asking for zero tolerance and not just abusers, about you but zero tolerance for those who cover up abuse. take a listen. >> we made our demands because we think that is the demands of not just survivors, but people everywhere, for zero tolerance, that we end this summit and this universal church law that the pope writes it into universal church law. zero tolerance for the coverup of sex krirm cricrimes, they ca right now, they have the evidence from many bishops. >> reporter: it has been a tumultuous year for the catholic church filled with high profile resignations, defrocking of a very high profile former cardinal theodore mccarrick in the united states and of course that explosive pennsylvania grand jury report which revealed 300 predator priests had abused more than 1,000 children in that
there are parts of the catholic church parts of the world where they don't really want to talk about this subject they might still be interested in covering it up what. going to happen other than just a lot of talk there will be a lot of talk there will be quite a bit of praying certainly but i think that you know in some sense things have come to a head mainly because there's been a lot of stories coming out over the last couple of weeks but also i think that because the defrocking of macquarie. two weeks ago or a week ago this was a very serious you know cardinal we didn't the american clergy means that the vatican means business and the people that had been someone to rome summoned to rome and that you know something he said it's unclear looking at it from the outside exactly what that is i want to rate a rate that there is a lot of attention but very little clarity of as to what this will result in so we're getting the impression the way this conference is structured with input from victims and n.g.o.s that the they are confronting the problem catholic church is at
you can hear overhead now that is the sound of aircraft approaching because they think that isis bikes are now on the horizon. when we did arrive, the coast was clear. every building destroyed. massive craters from u.s. airstrikes every few hundred meters. there is no life here. over 15,000 coalition bombs were dropped on syria during this anti-isis campaign and you have to ask, have these towns been liberated, or eliminated? in the next town, life is creeping back. families try to rebuild what they once had. but this will take years. isis may be gone, but not much else is left either. when u.s. troops do go home, as president trump has promised, the so-called caliphate will have been defeated. but large parts of this country have been so badly destroyed, that the roots of extremism may easily take hold once again. tom? >> james, thank you. now to historic move by pope francis, defrocking former cardinal theodore mccarrick for sex crimes against minors and adults. even soliciting sex during confessions.
>> all right, i have to leave it there, thank you so much for your perspective, thanks for being with us. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> eric. eric: pope francis taking action against one to have highest-ranking and noted catholic leaders, defrocking former u.s. cardinal, resided in washington, d.c. and was prominent voice this after vat attended official found guilty of multiple sex crimes against minors, seminaries and priests. bryan llenas with the details. >> decisive action bottles unpresented the -- unprecedented, marks the first time catholic church has expelled cardinal from priesthood for sexual abuse, most severe penalty the vatican can hand down on clergy and the action comes after vatican found guilty of abusing his power to commit unspecified of special abuse crimes against minors and
aphobic. what will this mean for him when he's sent back to poland? what happens nec for him now? >> well, what's happened at the vatican is he's lost his job. he remains a priest. what has to happen is he goes back to poland with his bishop and discusses the procedure now for the defrocking where he is removed from the priestly state. he can ask for it himself, or the vatican together with the polish bishop can initiate a procedure to do that. >> all right. deliah reporting there live from rome. many thanks to you. >> we turn our attention now to u.s. politics. the race for the speaker of the house of representatives could turn into a big public fight within the republican party. >> a long shot representative jason chaffetz from utah has announced his plans to run for the post john boehner is leaving later this month.