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	Msgr. Cini Denies Claims He Knew about Deluca's Abuse By Amy Cherry WDEL November 8, 2010 http://www.wdel.com/story.php?id=630857876652 [with audio] Explosive testimony from the Vicar General of the Diocese of Wilmington in the John Vai vs. St. Elizabeth's Parish and Francis DeLuca priest sex abuse trial. WDEL's Amy Cherry was inside the Dover courtroom.Audio Here Monsignor Cini says he wasn't covering for defrocked priest Francis DeLuca, and didn't turn a blind eye to boys being in the rectory. He says he didn't know these things were happening -- even though he lived next door to DeLuca in the rectory. Cini admitted in a 2007 deposition to being aware of an instance of abuse, but on the stand now, he says he didn't recall the instance or what he may've been alluding to. John Vai's attorney Steve Neuberger asked, "Did you think you were being asked about the Archdiocese of Los Angeles?" Neuberger than asked Cini whether he was being rewarded for a cover up. He says he was a rookie priest promoted to Vicar General in just nine years. Cini got angry -- "I can't believe you're asking me that question. No, it's not true, and you know it!"
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