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In an unusual revelation of data, the Associated Press got its hands on some Vatican statistics about defrocked priests, and learned that Pope Benedict XVI was hard at work during his last two years, defrocking 400 during 2011 and 2012 for sexually abusing children. That’s compared to 171 defrocked priests in 2008 and 2009. While the reason for the increase isn’t exactly clear, the AP suggested it was due to a spike in molestation cases. Anyway, it’s a nice change from covering that stuff up.
