An article at the BBC today has the following interesting turn of events in the long running Catholic Priests being kiddy fiddlers story :

Pope ‘available to meet child sex abuse victims’

Pope Benedict XVI is willing to hold new meetings with victims of child sex abuse by Roman Catholic priests, the Vatican spokesman has said.

Speaking on Vatican radio, Fr Federico Lombardi said many abuse victims were seeking moral and not financial help.

In the past, the Pope has met victims of abuse at the Vatican and on trips to the US and Australia.

Rumours that the Pope would only meet victims who could either provide pictures or be willing to retell their story whilst sitting on the pontiff’s knee were denied by the Vatican today.

The story above could well explain this article from the Daily Mash earlier :

POPE John Paul II must have spent a huge amount of time masturbating in his bedroom, according to a new book.

Good enough even for the Pope himself

The Pope’s Dirty Wardrobe by Monsignor Giusseppe Gianni reveals for the first time how the Pontiff could be heard flagellating himself with a belt, usually around 10pm just after he had watched TJ Hooker starring Heather Locklear.

Was it just a Heather Locklear fantasy I wonder?

Gianni writes: “We could not hear the actual wanking, but we could hear him hitting himself very hard with a big leather belt.

“Now, unless he did something horrible during the war that he never told anyone about, why was the Holy Father punishing himself with such ferocity?

I think they are on to something there you know – better send for the Paedofinder General.