Confirm or deny?... did the Pope actually do this?

Sweetie, The Onion is a parody news site.

It's a joke. Every story they write is satire.

I refer the honorable questioner to ANOTHER "exclusive" in that venerable messenger, The Onion, which reports that some "incorrect information" had been found elsewhere on the Internets, too! LOL!

http://www.theonion.com/content/node/27836

The Onion is FUNNY, dammit!

True, despite the Onion rep for being satirical...and I despised that pope and believe he is the worst pope in the history of the papacy. He gave all pedophile priests a get out of jail free card, which is so wrong, and he also refused to meet with the adult victims of the pedophilia when they traveled to Rome at their own expense to meet with him during the fake ecumenical council he held which did absolutely nothing. He was a monster. But he DID find time to meet the man who tried to kill him!

Even though "the Onion" is parody, the Pope did, indeed, give them fodder. His behavior in the wake of the accusations was despicable. I guess the potential for lawsuits was too much John Paul II's faith, huh?

At least they didn't try denying it...I'll give them that much.

This looks like a hoax.

In the article, children are accused of seducing the priest and I would imagine that it happened the other way around (no pun intended).

Pope John Paul II came out vigorously condemning any and all priest who had committed such sinful acts and even stated that they should be defrocked (stripped of their office of priesthood).

Now we are waiting to see which way Benedict swings, and with enjoyment of expensive shoes, and other perks of the office, it will be interesting to watch.

Ma'a salaam.

Yep , the priests did nothing wrong . It was all the kids fault .Just one of the reasons that I left the Catholic church . No, I didn't join any other .

Remember the pope was a young priest once . How can he condemn priests for what was taken for granted a number of years back ?

The onion may be a parody web site, but what the pope did was no parody, he really did that. Do you think that the Vatican does not know what was going on in their own parishes?

"Pope Forgives Molested Children" hey? What's there to forgive? They weren't the ones who screwed anyone.

Uh, the Onion is satire.

If its in the Onion, its a joke.