Italian exorcist: Devil made NY Times attack Pope

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"Yes, I caused the Haiti earthquake like Pat Robertson said and I made the New York Times start the rumors about priests raping little boys - tens of thousands of little boys."

A spate of recent news reports alleging cover-ups of child sex abuse by priests was "prompted" by Satan, says a prominent Italian exorcist.

Father Gabriele Amorth, the Vatican's chief exorcist, told Italian media this week that a New York Times report alleging that Pope Benedict XVI ignored reports of sex abuse at a Wisconsin school for the deaf was the work of the Devil.

That story asserted that the Pope, then Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, ignored repeated warnings from bishops that a Wisconsin priest, Father Laurence Murphy, may have molested as many as 200 boys at a school for the deaf.

"There is no doubt about it. Because he is a marvelous Pope and worthy successor to John Paul II, it is clear that the Devil wants to 'grab hold' of him," Amorth said, as quoted at the Catholic News Agency.

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