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SARATOGA SPRINGS, New York (CNN) -- Two years ago, Dawn Warfield was drowning in debt.

Dawn Warfield sold one of her two video stores to help reduce her debts.

The average American household has $8,329 in credit card debt, according to the Nilson Report, a credit industry newsletter.

Warfield had nearly 10 times that amount.

At its worst point, her debt totalled nearly $80,000.

She had 17 credit cards and admits that living beyond her means was part of the problem.

"I'll own up to that," she said.

"There is always unforeseen expenses, and when you are making the minimum payments on these credit cards, when you think you can't afford to make more than that, they don't go down."

But Warfield's spending was not the only factor working against her.  Watch Warfield describe how the debt piled up, and how she started paying it off Â»

She was in the middle of an expensive divorce and had been charging business expenses to her personal credit cards when she opened a second location of her video store.

"Every month I was writing out 17 checks," she said.

"And the interest rates ranged from like 6 percent to 33 percent. So it was impossible.

"I was transferring balances from one card to another, and every time I got a card to a decent interest rate, I felt like one of the cards would come off the promotional interest rate, and I was just never catching up."

So Warfield took matters into her own hands.

She sold the second location of her video store, stopped using her credit cards and decided it was time to get help.

"I sat down one day and I called each credit card one by one, and I asked each one to work with me ... to lower my interest rate."

The credit card companies did not respond to her plea.

Instead, she was directed to the debt management program of the nonprofit Consumer Credit Counseling Service, part of Money Management International.

Counselor Eric Jackson helped Warfield analyze her bills and expenses and created a plan to help her get lower interest rates. Now she makes a single monthly payment.

"I don't even have to think about it, which makes it a lot easier for me, because when you have a lot of debt, it's not just financial, but it's emotional, you know, even physical," Warfield said.

"You think about it all the time."

Adds Jackson: "She's making her payments on time, they're posting to her creditor accounts, she has very low interest rates -- that was one of the benefits -- and she's definitely doing well.

"She is on track to get all her debts paid off in full within the five years."

Today, Warfield is less than $40,000 in debt.

"I'm about halfway," she said. "It hasn't been easy, but we're getting there."

Are you fighting the recession, using innovative techniques to stay ahead in this economy or overcoming financial adversity? Share your story with us by sending an e-mail to realstories@cnnmoney.com , and you could be profiled in an upcoming segment on CNN.

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NAIROBI, Kenya (CNN) -- More than 100 people were killed and several dozen wounded when an overturned petrol tanker exploded in Kenya early Sunday, authorities said.

The blast is the second multi-fatality incident in the east African country in four days. A supermarket fire in Nairobi on Wednesday killed at least 27 people, with another 57 still missing.

The tanker explosion occurred near Molo, a small town in the Rift Valley Province -- about 130 kilometers (80 miles) from the capital, a spokesman for the Kenyan police said.

The tanker overturned along a highway spilling gallons of gas which hundreds of residents rushed to scoop up, said Titus Mung'ou of the Kenyan Red Cross.

"People were lining up trying to get the fuel," he said. "They were siphoning off petrol for over an hour. Some people had drilled holes in the tanker and were charging a fee for the assembled crowd."

The vehicle exploded about an hour later, apparently after one of the residents lit a cigarette or started a fire at the crash site, Mung'ou said.

Four policemen, who were trying to control the crowd, were believed to be among the victims, Mung'ou said.

Another 117 people were wounded in the blast, police said. The figures are expected to rise, officials said.

The Red Cross sent more than 80 people to help with rescue efforts. Those who were seriously wounded were flown to a hospital in Nairobi.

Meanwhile, the death toll from last week's Nairobi supermarket fire rose to 27 on Sunday, the Red Cross said.

Rescue workers found the latest victims as they searched through the rubble of the scorched structure in downtown Nairobi.

The fire ignited Wednesday afternoon during a somewhat busy hour in the 24-hour Nakumatt supermarket.

Police launched a criminal investigation to look into allegations that security guards locked people into the burning building. Employees of the supermarket refused to comment on the allegations.

The fire angered Kenyans for what they perceived as a lack of disaster preparedness.

Emergency numbers failed to work and water ran out during attempts to put out the fire, said Mung'ou of the Kenyan Red Cross.

"There is the need to strengthen the capacity in handling fires," Mung'ou said.

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JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (CNN) -- The atmosphere was tense in Cape Town on Friday after xenophobic violence that has left more than 40 dead in Johannesburg spread to South Africa's largest city.

Immigrants from Mozambique line up in Primrose, South Africa, to board buses back home.

Clashes overnight resulted in one death and 15 arrests and the evacuations of 420 foreign nationals, a police official in Cape Town said.

"Crowds of people went on a rampage, looting and carrying out acts of violence," said Cape Town Police Superintendent Billy Jones. They were charged with public violence and are to appear in court Monday.

One foreign national, a Somali, died when he was run over by a vehicle as he tried to escape the angry crowds, Jones said. Twelve people suffered minor injuries.

He said Friday was tense but calm, with state and local police stationed throughout the area.

Jack Bloom of the opposition party Democratic Alliance told CNN on Friday that government troops were helping police ward off violence in Johannesburg.

Aid workers and volunteers were providing tents, food and supplies at the police stations. Bloom estimated that about 2,000 foreigners had sought haven at those locations.

It was the first violence in the coastal city since a wave of xenophobia began about two weeks ago in Johannesburg, resulting in at least 42 deaths.

The foreign nationals were transported from the city after angry crowds formed at a public meeting seeking to calm tensions, Jones told CNN. They were being housed at community centers and churches.

The attacks in South Africa have forced thousands of immigrants to flee, prompting neighboring Mozambique to declare a state of emergency on Friday. Desperate stories of those fleeing violence

The country's Foreign Minister Oldemiro Baloi said the decision was taken after about 10,000 Mozambicans fled from South Africa.

CNN's Robyn Curnow reported long lines of people -- including many from Zimbabwe and Mozambique -- waiting for buses in Johannesburg to take them home.

Bloom, from Gauteng province, which includes Johannesburg, said the attacks on foreigners who fled to South Africa for a better life has become a "humanitarian crisis."

South African President Thabo Mbeki has approved the deployment of the army to help stop the attacks, which have drawn condemnation from South African officials and other African leaders.

About 28,000 people have been displaced by the violence, Hangwani Malaudzi, a spokesman for the Ministry of Safety and Security said. And more than 400 have been arrested for crimes ranging from murder, to causing a public disturbance, he said.

The country has also seen a disturbing throwback to the 1980s apartheid-era lynching tactic of "necklacing," which was widely used in the townships at the time.

Used on suspected informants, the "necklace" is a car tire, filled with petrol, put around the person's neck and set alight.

The victims are mainly immigrants and refugees from other parts of Africa, including Zimbabwe, where a devastated economy has sent at least two million people across the border in search of a better life.

Some say the attacks stem from a long-standing feeling among locals that the number of immigrants in South Africa results in shortages of jobs and essential needs.

Inadequate housing, a lack of running water and electricity, the rising prices of food, and escalating crime -- nearly 20,000 people were slain in South Africa last year -- add to the resentment.  Watch analysis of reasons behind xenophobic attacks Â»

According to South Africa's latest census, the country has about 45 million people. The South African Department of Human Affairs estimates that more than 4 million people reside in South Africa illegally, but that figure is based on a 10-year-old study and some feel the number of immigrants in South Africa is much higher.

Some say that millions have recently fled to South Africa from Zimbabwe because of violence there since the county's stalled election.

A presidential run-off between long-time leader President Robert Mugabe and his opposition challenger, Morgan Tsvangirai, is scheduled for June 27 in Zimbabwe -- three months after the initial vote.

Zimbabwe also is in the midst of an economic collapse, with nearly 80 percent unemployment.

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question: when did this take place?

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(CNN)  --  A fire at a karaoke bar and discotheque in Medan, in Indonesia's North Sumatra province, killed at least 20 people Friday night, according to a hospital.

At least two people survived, according to Aida Sofiati of the Pringadi Hospital in Medan.

Sofiati said 20 people were killed.

Mohammad Zein, a fire official, said the blaze started around 10 p.m., but firefighters were able to extinguish it within a half-hour.

He said the cause of the fire was not known.

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Editor's note: Rich Roll, one of Men's Fitness magazine's "25 Fittest Guys in the World" in 2009, was the first athlete to compete in the Ultraman World Championships on an entirely plant-based diet. He's sharing insights today as part of Dr. Sanjay Gupta's "Four Months to Fitness" effort.

Before: At 40 years old, Rich Roll called himself "fat, unhappy and fed up."

(CNN) -- I can still remember it, vivid as yesterday. It was the eve of my 40th birthday, and I walked upstairs to take a shower. And I was winded. I mean very winded. As I was trying to catch my breath, I took off my shirt, looked in the mirror and tried to convince myself that I was still that fit guy I had always thought I was.

Somehow, I had been able to skate by on this delusion for all too many years. But the denial had finally caught up to me. I saw my true reflection, and I couldn't lie to myself anymore. I was in the worst shape of my life. I was fat, unhappy and fed up.

It's the typical story. First it's the career. Then comes marriage, followed by kids. Your time is no longer your own, and you resign yourself to "maturity," "filling out" or whatever euphemism for middle age that soothes that idea that you are simply overweight, unfit and unhealthy.

I'm here to say that it doesn't have to be that way. I don't care how busy you are. I don't care how old you are, how many kids you have or how little time you think you have. The power rests within yourself to enact any change in your life you desire. And I can say this because I have seen it happen in myself and countless others.

After that fateful day of clarity, I made a decision to change my life. Not a vague, wishy-washy notion that I should "get in shape," maybe "eat better" or possibly "go on a diet," but rather a specific long-term plan to enhance my wellness in a way that would not only stick, but fit within the parameters of my busy life as a full-time lawyer, husband and father of four small children.

In my case, it began with a well-researched and supervised seven-day fruit and vegetable juice cleanse (during which time I weaned myself off caffeine), followed by an entirely plant-based nutrition program -- an animal-product-free regimen I have adhered to ever since. The immediate result was a rather surprising and unexpected increase in my energy levels, leading to a very gradual return to exercise, building up slowly over an extended period of time.

The results were hardly overnight. But two years later, I had lost well over 30 pounds. And not only did I keep the weight off, I was the most fit I had ever been in my life.

At 42 years old, I competed in the Ultraman World Championships, a grueling three-day uber-endurance triathlon circumnavigating the Big Island of Hawaii that involves 6.2 miles of swimming, 260 miles of cycling and culminates with a 52.4-mile double marathon run. I placed 11th overall and was the third-fastest American. To top it off, Men's Fitness magazine recently named me one of the "25 Fittest Guys in the World." (Not that I actually believe I deserve such an honor!)

Quite an extreme contrast from that day I looked in the mirror. I'm not advocating that everyone should test himself or herself so severely. But my point is that change starts with a decision followed by baby steps along a new, consistent trajectory that, over time, can lead to dramatic results.

I'm nothing special. I'm not a professional athlete. I'm just a normal family guy. But if I could experience such a vast transformation in my own life, I know with certainty that everybody has within himself the power to enact his own well-balanced transformation.

Change is never easy. And despite what you may see advertised, I'm sorry to say there is no secret diet, mystery pill or overnight miracle that will do it for you. But there is a solution. Here are some helpful tools I employed along the way that can help you get started:

Set a goal: Vague, nonspecific notions of "getting fit," "going to the gym," or "eating better" are all fine, but they are not true "goals" and all too typically devolve, paving the way for relapse to old habits.

Instead, establish something very concrete you would like to achieve on a future date. The more specific, the better. Then create a solid plan with reasonable interim "steppingstone" milestones along the way to achieving the larger goal. Chart your progress, as meeting interim milestones will boost your confidence and invest you more deeply in the ultimate goal.

Create community and accountability: If you go public with your quest, then you are on the hook. A good support network is a key to success. But beware of the negative dream crushers. Be selective, surrounding yourself with people who encourage your success.

Do what you love: When it comes to exercise, it shouldn't be too painful. Ideally, it should be fun. If you absolutely hate running, find something else you enjoy. Otherwise, you set yourself up to fail. And don't be too rigid -- mix it up with a variety of activities you like to keep it interesting and fresh.

Don't diet: Instead, get honest about your habits and embark on implementing healthy, lasting changes in your nutrition. I feel quite strongly that a nutrition program built entirely around plant-based foods and completely devoid of animal products is optimal. Conventional wisdom would say that an athlete cannot perform on plants alone. But I am living proof that this is false, and I have ample research to support this position. Personally, I cannot overemphasize the difference this has made in my own life, a secret weapon for enhanced athletic performance and overall long-term wellness. (In the last two years, I have not gotten sick or even suffered a cold.)

I realize, of course, that not everyone is ready to go 100 percent vegan, but a program built on a strong foundation of fresh organic vegetables, fruits and grains should be the focus. Don't skip meals, but reduce your portions slightly. Read the labels and educate yourself. Avoid saturated fats, processed foods and soft drinks, all of which are entirely devoid of nutritional value. Eating whole fresh foods high in nutritional content will also stave off those unhealthy urges to binge.

One day at a time: Large goals can seem insurmountable. The idea that you can never eat a cupcake or sleep in again is daunting at best. Instead, just focus on what is happening today, even if it's hour to hour, and don't worry about tomorrow.

"Today, I'm not going to eat that cupcake. Maybe I'll eat it tomorrow, just not today." And if you miss a beat, don't flog yourself; it only leads to discouragement and quitting altogether. The important thing is to make sure you get right back on it the next day -- don't let another day go by.

Prioritize: Take an honest look at your average week, identify your inefficient uses of time and eliminate the things that don't serve your goals. No matter how busy you are, if you are truly honest about this inquiry, I guarantee you can make some cuts and carve out some time. Remember: Nothing changes if nothing changes.

Be consistent: It's not about how much you do in a given workout or how hard it is. Ten minutes of core exercises four to five times per week is far better than one long run a week. Establishing a consistent rhythm of repetition is key, and another reason that your choice of exercise should be something you truly enjoy.

Let's join together to shift the world's perspective on long-term health and wellness. No matter how old, overweight or out of shape you are, you have the power to make a decision, set a goal and create a plan. Positive change is always within your grasp, and today still remains the first day of the rest of your life. Make it count!

The opinions expressed in this article are solely those of Rich Roll.

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Rome, Italy (CNN)  -- The Vatican did not know about an American priest believed to have molested up to 200 boys until 20 years after civil authorities investigated and then dropped the case, its top spokesman said Thursday.

Vatican spokesman Father Federico Lombardi issued the statement in response to a New York Times story alleging that top Vatican officials, including the future Pope Benedict XVI, failed to discipline or defrock the now-deceased Rev. Lawrence C. Murphy of Wisconsin, despite warnings from several American bishops.

But Jeff Anderson, a lawyer who obtained the internal church paperwork the newspaper based its story on, said it "shows a direct line from the victims through the bishops and directly to the man who is now pope."

Lombardi rejected the accusation.

"During the mid-1970s, some of Father Murphy's victims reported his abuse to civil authorities, who investigated him at that time," Lombardi said. "However, according to news reports, that investigation was dropped."

The Vatican's Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, the office led by Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, who would later become pope, "was not informed of the matter until some 20 years later," Lombardi said. The office is in charge of deciding whether accused priests should be given canonical trials and defrocked.

"The case of Lawrence Murphy has been well-documented since the mid-1970s, when allegations were first reported to civil authorities, although criminal charges were not filed," the Archdiocese of Milwaukee said in a statement Thursday.

"Murphy's actions were criminal, and we sincerely apologize to those who have been harmed. The Archdiocese of Milwaukee continues to reach out to victims-survivors who were harmed by Lawrence Murphy and encourages them to report any abuse they suffered."

Anderson, a lawyer representing five men who are suing the archdiocese, obtained correspondence from Milwaukee to Ratzinger as part of the lawsuit, along with other internal church documents related to the case.

The documents, dating to 1974, include letters between bishops and the Vatican, victims' affidavits, the handwritten notes of an expert on sexual disorders who interviewed Murphy and minutes of a final Vatican meeting on the case.

Murphy began as a teacher for St. John's School for the Deaf in St. Francis, Wisconsin, in 1950, and was promoted to run the school in 1963 in spite of the fact that students had warned church officials of molestation, according to the documents, which CNN has seen. Many of Murphy's victims were hearing-impaired.

Ratzinger failed to respond to two letters about the case in 1996 from Milwaukee's then-archbishop, Rembert G. Weakland. After eight months, Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, who at the time was second in command of the doctrinal office and now is the Vatican's secretary of state, told Wisconsin bishops to begin a secret canonical trial, the documents show.

Lombardi said that church rules did not mean a priest would automatically be punished but that punishment, if warranted, could include being defrocked.

"In such cases, the Code of Canon Law does not envision automatic penalties but recommends that a judgment be made not excluding even the greatest ecclesiastical penalty of dismissal from the clerical state," he said.

"In light of the facts that Father Murphy was elderly and in very poor health, and that he was living in seclusion and no allegations of abuse had been reported in over 20 years, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith suggested that the Archbishop of Milwaukee give consideration to addressing the situation by, for example, restricting Father Murphy's public ministry and requiring that Father Murphy accept full responsibility for the gravity of his acts," the statement said, noting that Murphy died four months later.

Three successive archbishops in Wisconsin were told of the abuse, but none reported it to criminal or civil authorities, according to Anderson, the lawyer. Lombardi, however, said that neither canon law nor Vatican norms prohibit the reporting of such cases to law enforcement. But "he did not address why that had never happened in this case," the Times said.

The Archdiocese of Milwaukee said abuse was reported in fall 1973 to Milwaukee police, who turned the report over to St. Francis police, but no charges were filed. Murphy was removed in May 1974 as director of the St. John's School for the Deaf but remained as fundraiser and alumni director until summer 1974, when he was removed from any role at the school, according to a chronology posted on the archdiocese Web site.

In August 1974, a series of newspaper articles in the Milwaukee Sentinel reported on Murphy's removal and the allegations, the chronology said. In September, he relocated to a family home in the Diocese of Superior.

A district attorney reviewed the allegations against Murphy in fall 1974, according to the archdiocese. A civil lawsuit was filed in 1975 against the archdiocese relating to Murphy but was resolved the following year, the chronology said.

Murphy's request for retirement was accepted in January 1993, but restrictions against him were reinstated that year and reinforced twice.

The bishops warned the Vatican, according to the newspaper, that failure to act on the matter could result in embarrassment to the Church.

"The tragic case of Father Lawrence Murphy, a priest of the Archdiocese of Milwaukee, involved particularly vulnerable victims who suffered terribly," Lombardi said in the statement. "By sexually abusing children who were hearing-impaired, Father Murphy violated the law and, more importantly, the sacred trust that his victims had placed in him.

"In the late 1990s, after over two decades had passed since the abuse had been reported to diocesan officials and the police, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith was presented for the first time with the question of how to treat the Murphy case canonically," the statement said.

At the time, there was no procedure in place for reporting church abuse to the doctrinal office, according to Vatican sources. The office was informed of the matter, Lombardi said, because it involved abuse at confession, which is a violation of the Sacrament of Penance.

St. John's School for the Deaf closed in 1983, the archdiocese said in its statement.

"Most importantly, today, no priest with any substantiated allegation of sexual abuse of a minor serves in public ministry in any way in the Archdiocese of Milwaukee."

CNN's Diana Magnay contributed to this report.

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text: dismissal

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text: the

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text: state

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text: facts

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text: elderly

text: and

text: in

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text: that

text: he

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text: living

text: in

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text: no

text: allegations

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text: abuse

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text: reported

text: in

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text: years

text: the

text: Congregation

text: for

text: the

text: Doctrine

text: of

text: the

text: Faith

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text: the

text: Archbishop

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text: Milwaukee

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text: requiring

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text: Father

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text: the

text: gravity

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text: acts

text: the

text: statement

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text: that

text: Murphy

text: died

text: four

text: months

text: later

text: Three

text: successive

text: archbishops

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text: Wisconsin

text: were

text: told

text: of

text: the

text: abuse

text: but

text: reported

text: it

text: to

text: criminal

text: or

text: civil

text: authorities

text: according

text: to

text: Anderson

text: the

text: lawyer

text: Lombardi

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text: that

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text: canon

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text: nor

text: Vatican

text: norms

text: prohibit

text: the

text: reporting

text: of

text: such

text: cases

text: to

text: law

text: enforcement

text: But

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text: not

text: address

text: why

text: that

text: had

text: never

text: happened

text: in

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text: case

text: the

text: Times

text: said

text: The

text: Archdiocese

text: of

text: Milwaukee

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text: abuse

text: was

text: reported

text: in

text: fall

text: to

text: Milwaukee

text: police

text: who

text: turned

text: the

text: report

text: over

text: to

text: St.

text: Francis

text: police

text: but

text: no

text: charges

text: were

text: filed

text: Murphy

text: was

text: removed

text: in

text: May

text: as

text: director

text: of

text: the

text: St.

text: John

text: 's

text: School

text: for

text: the

text: Deaf

text: but

text: remained

text: as

text: fundraiser

text: and

text: alumni

text: director

text: until

text: summer

text: when

text: he

text: was

text: removed

text: from

text: any

text: role

text: at

text: the

text: school

text: according

text: to

text: a

text: chronology

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text: on

text: the

text: archdiocese

text: Web

text: site

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text: August

text: a

text: series

text: of

text: newspaper

text: articles

text: in

text: the

text: Milwaukee

text: Sentinel

text: reported

text: on

text: Murphy

text: 's

text: removal

text: and

text: the

text: allegations

text: the

text: chronology

text: said

text: In

text: September

text: he

text: relocated

text: to

text: a

text: family

text: home

text: in

text: the

text: Diocese

text: of

text: Superior

text: A

text: district

text: attorney

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text: the

text: allegations

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text: in

text: fall

text: according

text: to

text: the

text: archdiocese

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text: lawsuit

text: was

text: filed

text: in

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text: the

text: archdiocese

text: relating

text: to

text: Murphy

text: but

text: was

text: resolved

text: the

text: following

text: year

text: the

text: chronology

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text: Murphy

text: 's

text: request

text: for

text: retirement

text: was

text: accepted

text: in

text: January

text: but

text: restrictions

text: against

text: him

text: were

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text: that

text: year

text: and

text: reinforced

text: twice

text: The

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text: the

text: Vatican

text: according

text: to

text: the

text: newspaper

text: that

text: failure

text: to

text: act

text: on

text: the

text: matter

text: could

text: result

text: in

text: embarrassment

text: to

text: the

text: Church

text: The

text: tragic

text: case

text: of

text: Father

text: Lawrence

text: Murphy

text: a

text: priest

text: of

text: the

text: Archdiocese

text: of

text: Milwaukee

text: involved

text: particularly

text: vulnerable

text: victims

text: who

text: suffered

text: terribly

text: Lombardi

text: said

text: in

text: the

text: statement

text: By

text: sexually

text: abusing

text: children

text: who

text: were

text: hearing

text: impaired

text: Father

text: Murphy

text: violated

text: the

text: law

text: and

text: more

text: importantly

text: the

text: sacred

text: trust

text: that

text: his

text: victims

text: had

text: placed

text: in

text: him

text: In

text: the

text: late

text: after

text: over

text: two

text: decades

text: had

text: passed

text: since

text: the

text: abuse

text: had

text: been

text: reported

text: to

text: diocesan

text: officials

text: and

text: the

text: police

text: the

text: Congregation

text: for

text: the

text: Doctrine

text: of

text: the

text: Faith

text: was

text: presented

text: for

text: the

text: first

text: time

text: with

text: the

text: question

text: of

text: how

text: to

text: treat

text: the

text: Murphy

text: case

text: canonically

text: the

text: statement

text: said

text: At

text: the

text: time

text: there

text: was

text: no

text: procedure

text: in

text: place

text: for

text: reporting

text: church

text: abuse

text: to

text: the

text: doctrinal

text: office

text: according

text: to

text: Vatican

text: sources

text: The

text: office

text: was

text: informed

text: of

text: the

text: matter

text: Lombardi

text: said

text: because

text: it

text: involved

text: abuse

text: at

text: confession

text: which

text: is

text: a

text: violation

text: of

text: the

text: Sacrament

text: of

text: Penance

text: St.

text: John

text: 's

text: School

text: for

text: the

text: Deaf

text: closed

text: in

text: the

text: archdiocese

text: said

text: in

text: its

text: statement

text: Most

text: importantly

text: today

text: no

text: priest

text: with

text: any

text: substantiated

text: allegation

text: of

text: sexual

text: abuse

text: of

text: a

text: minor

text: serves

text: in

text: public

text: ministry

text: in

text: any

text: way

text: in

text: the

text: Archdiocese

text: of

text: Milwaukee

text: CNN

text: 's

text: Diana

text: Magnay

text: contributed

text: to

text: this

text: report

question: Who believed to have molested up to 200 boys?

answer: Rev. Lawrence C. Murphy

text: Rev. Lawrence C. Murphy

question: Who investigated Wisconsin priest?

answer: civil authorities

text: civil authorities

question: what has the american priest done

answer: to 200 boys

text: to 200 boys

question: Who failed to discipline priest?

answer: Vatican officials,

text: Vatican officials,

question: how many did he molest

answer: to 200 boys

text: to 200 boys