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Archbishop Pie-Eyed The Age November 8, 2010 http://www.theage.com.au/world/archbishop-pieeyed-20101107-17ivk.html A PIE hit Belgium's ultra-conservative Roman Catholic archbishop in the face during an All Saints' Day service. Footage showed a young man approaching Archbishop Andre Leonard and smacking him with a pie. A church official said the archbishop would not press charges. The incident came amid growing turmoil within Belgium's Catholic Church, which faces an investigation into hundreds of cases of sexual abuse of children by Catholic priests. Advertisement: Story continues below Archbishop Leonard shocked Catholics by sympathising with priests accused of paedophilia and saying homosexuals deserved to get AIDS. On Tuesday, his spokesman said he could no longer speak for a "loose canon". |
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