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	Former Student Tells of Abuse at School for Deaf WQOW March 25, 2010 http://www.wqow.com/Global/story.asp?S=12203241 ST. FRANCIS, Wis. (AP) - A Wisconsin man who claims he was molested by a Catholic priest at the center of a scandal about the way the Vatican has handled reports of abuse by clergy says he's happy the church is finally being held accountable. Sixty-1-year-old Arthur Budzinski says he was repeatedly molested at St. John's School for the Deaf in suburban Milwaukee from age 12 to 14 by Rev. Lawrence Murphy. Speaking in sign language translated by his daughter, Budzinski says he told diocese officials about the abuse, but they did nothing. He says that as an adult, he went to police who investigated his claims, but made no arrest. Murphy was accused of molesting as many as 200 boys at the school. Documents show that two Wisconsin bishops urged the Vatican office to let them conduct a church trial against Murphy, but the Vatican ordered the process halted. Murphy died in 1998.
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