Word: slander
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...Although doubtless you intended it to refer to the small proportion of clergy and laity complicit in acts both sinful and criminal, the Church is comprised of all baptized Catholics worldwide, and by implying that all these people have yet to receive penance for sexual abuse, you (however accidentally) slander the names of more than a billion people. Furthermore, your "specific reforms" which should be "immediately adopted," have been either already adopted or have been used and discovered to be counterproductive to the task of weeding out criminals for positions of power. Take your second reform, for instance, that bishops...
...Villepin emphatically denied having cooked up any scandal when he was given the list, and only learned much later that it was a hoax. A tribunal of three judges believed that position, clearing de Villepin of charges that included complicity to slander, use of forgeries and stolen property, and breach of trust. Three other defendants in the case, however, were convicted for their roles in composing and circulating the fake list. "After many years of torment, my innocence has been recognized," a solemn but relieved-looking de Villepin said outside the same courtroom where Marie-Antoinette was sentenced...