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    BBC Breaking News‏Verified account @BBCBreaking 27 Oct 2012

    Vatican spokesman condemns sexual abuse and says papal knighthood "expires with the death of the individual" http://bbc.in/TJQcJW  #Savile

    6:50 AM - 27 Oct 2012
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      2. Jack Sugden‏ @JackSugden 27 Oct 2012
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking I thought they'd just move him to another church and claim it never happened. Works for the church most of the time. #Savile

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      1. nick gibson‏ @far2loud 28 Oct 2012
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        @BBCBreaking ...coming from them!!!...that statement's so funny on so many levels...I wouldn't know where to begin!!!

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      1. Caz‏ @cazyp 28 Oct 2012
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        @BBCBreaking Vatican condemns sexual abuse. #ironic

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      1. Stevie Williams‏ @stevie1666 28 Oct 2012
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        @BBCBreaking he shouldve joined the priesthood, they'd have protected him even better than the BBC

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      1. Clareabella‏ @ClareLouise1909 27 Oct 2012
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        @BBCBreaking seriously fed up of hearing about this now! Sort it out OFF camera! More importantly did they ever find April?!

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      1. Yesudas‏ @Yesudasptklt 27 Oct 2012
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        @BBCBreaking More than talking abt savile, vatican shd be talking abt, and addressing, issues of Child Abuse by ecclesiastics.

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      1. The Doctor‏ @toddylime 27 Oct 2012
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        @BBCBreaking They'll probably offer him a priesthood.

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      1. Sweet‏ @Sweetdyab 27 Oct 2012
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        @BBCBreaking #Savile

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      1. Delightsome Land‏ @DawnPreach 27 Oct 2012
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        @BBCBreaking What an irony, how about sainthood?

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      1. dawn wood‏ @dawnwood15 27 Oct 2012
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        @BBCBreaking the catholic church is a joke talk about the pot calling the kettle black

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      1. It's Criminal!‏ @AndrewGranty 27 Oct 2012
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        @BBCBreaking missing the point. They very fact he got the knighthood is a shocker #Savile

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      1. carol mckenzie‏ @alister_mcenzie 27 Oct 2012
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        @BBCBreaking

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      2. Historywoman‏ @2351onthelist 27 Oct 2012
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking I suppose it prevents the Vatican from being accused so motes and beams.

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      3. Historywoman‏ @2351onthelist 27 Oct 2012
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        @Historywoman @BBCBreaking of, not so

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      1. Potznoodle‏ @Potznoodle 27 Oct 2012
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        @BBCBreaking yes. And so does UK state knighthood. But, a posthumous stripping of the honour is a powerful gesture.

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