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 Letter to Pope John Paul II

Dear Pope John Paul the Second, I

Am guessing as a saint you now

Are in heaven, and I ask why

As the Pope you did not somehow

Know and do a lot more about

The child abuse long going on

In the Catholic Church, no doubt.

Surely you could have called upon

The powers of heaven and earth

To protect the children who be

The innocent of highest worth.

You could have acted more saintly.

If you knew of this child abuse,

Have you given God some excuse?