The black attendant behind Parma is named Devin Bennett. His identity is very special. First of all, he is a black man. Although racial discrimination is also a red line in the church, the fact is that very few black people will serve in the Catholic Vatican headquarters. , Devin Bennett is an exception. He is a child adopted by the current Pope Benedict XVI when he was missionary in Africa. He was once a child soldier. The so-called child soldiers are warlords in some war-prone areas in order to ensure He has enough soldiers, but kidnapping forces some underage children to pick up guns and go to the battlefield.
In order to control these child soldiers, these warlords will use drugs to corrupt them. There are even some more inhumane warlords, in order to ensure that the child soldiers can be absolutely obedient, they will also ask the child soldiers to kill their parents. If they hesitate or If you refuse, you will be shot immediately!
Devin Bennett is such a child soldier. He came to the Congo and was forcibly recruited as a child soldier by the local warlord when he was six years old. It was also in that year that after a short period of training and brainwashing, he was trained by an officer. At his request, he killed his parents. After that, this six-year-old child started his "military career". He himself didn't even remember how many people he killed. Anyway, at that time, some people started calling him a devil. People thought that this child was born to be a murderer. It is the incarnation of the devil in the world.
Until 1997, when Benedict XVI had not yet become pope, he went to Africa to preach and met the ten-year-old Devin Bennett. At that time, Devin Bennett was defeated because of the warlord's forces he belonged to, and he himself was captured. Benedict XVI was full of pity for this child with a miserable life experience and a cruel personality.
Benedict XVI asked to adopt the child despite the objections of others. He doesn't think this child is a demon, the real demons are those who turned him into this!
Devin Bennett has been following Benedict XVI ever since.
And Benedict XVI is indeed a real priest. Although his thinking is extremely conservative, he is kind and has a very charming personality. He treats Bennett as a parent and child. Under his care and education, many people in the class have grown up. Te gradually returned to a normal life, completed his theological studies, and became a real priest. Later, he followed Benedict XVI to the Vatican. He started as a papal attendant and gradually became a papal external security officer. position, became the spokesperson of the Pope's will, and began to have in-depth contact with the affairs of the Holy See.
This time, he came to Chicago with the Bishop of Parma, and also acted as the spokesperson of the Pope's will. He participated in the entire process and tried to ensure that this scandal did not affect the image of the entire Catholic Church.
So when Parma was so angry that he almost had a heart attack, Bennett took the initiative and took over the power of negotiation.
Kai looked at the black priest. Although he didn't know his identity, he was able to negotiate directly with him over a bishop on this occasion. Obviously his status was not low.
"We, the Chicago police, are not interested in Catholic scandals unless you are caught by me molesting an underage child."
Bennett was also helpless when faced with Kai making fun of the scandal in their church. But he won't be angry because of this matter. After all, there are already many such voices in the outside world.
"I can understand that, so...what are you going to get from us? Money? Power? Or something else, I think we can all talk about it."
Originally, negotiations between decent people should not be so naked, but Bennett could see that the policeman in front of him was different from ordinary people. Furthermore, Bennett was different from ordinary priests. He had lived in The environment is the law of the jungle, and unnecessary cover-ups will only waste time.
"No, I'm not interested in those things. What I want is cooperation!"
"Cooperation?" Bennett wondered at the word. What would a policeman and a church be cooperating with? When preaching, do you help promote the construction of the legal system?
Kai took out another piece of information.
"This is the detailed information of the cult that Billy Lee Tuttle believed in. This cult has been developed in Illinois since the 1960s. What is more interesting is that they have been wearing The skin of Christianity, the founder of these cults, Sam Tuttle, the father of Billy Lee Tuttle, was a Southern Baptist who later converted to Catholicism and became a Catholic priest in Chicago. Be promoted to bishop, assistant bishop, and diocesan bishop. In other words, this cult has been using your Catholic resources to strengthen itself!"
A bunch of church staff looked livid... They were actually being tricked into looking like this. Both generations of father and son took them as their main scapegoat.
"No matter how much you deny it, you are all responsible for the crimes committed by this cult in Illinois!"
This is taking the moral high ground, although it may not be useful. Any profession, as long as it is developed to the extreme, will actually break away from itself and become a politician. This is the case for policemen and the same is true for priests. Do politicians care about the moral high ground?
have you seen?
But something is better than nothing.
"Now, we need to eradicate this cult, so you should also shoulder your responsibilities!"
Bennett pondered for a few seconds before asking carefully: "I don't know, what is your so-called responsibility..."
"This cult has been able to develop and has not been eradicated yet because they have a huge protection network! This includes many officials and politicians, and all you need to do is mobilize your political power to help us eliminate interference!"
This is Kai's main purpose, they are not afraid of killing people. But those protective umbrellas are a bit difficult to get, and more importantly, they don't know who is the umbrella and who is the onlookers. But this is not a difficult problem for the Catholic Church.
The political power they contain is terrifying.
Kai's words made the scene very embarrassing, especially for Director Cooper and the city council members who followed Palma and the others. This was a naked mockery of them. But they were all very smart and kept silent. Cooper asked himself that he was clean and had no dealings with Billy Lee Tuttle. The same was true for the congressman. He was a devout Catholic, otherwise the Holy See would not have contacted him.
Bennett refused without thinking.
"No way! It's impossible for us to get involved in politics."
This is of course nonsense. Although the Holy See does not seem to interfere in the politics of other countries, in fact they definitely interfere a lot. For example, no matter which country or region introduces policies that are not good for Catholics, these guys will dance the most happily.
However, the Holy See has been standing for so many years and naturally has its own way of playing. They can fan the flames and exert side influence, but they must not end it personally. Kai's request is undoubtedly to let them die in person.
This is very taboo.
The initial immigrants to North America were mainly farmers who had lost their land, workers with hard lives, and Puritans who suffered religious persecution. Therefore, religious freedom has always been a red line in the United States. They are particularly vigilant about religious persecution. It is also because of this that Catholics personally participate in the attack on the "King in Yellow" church, which can easily arouse the resentment of the US government.
But Kai didn't care about this, he just looked at Bennett quietly. Of course he knows what Bennett is talking about. This is the basic national policy of the United States. It is also because of this national policy that cult organizations in the United States are so popular. Many cults like to use this thing to make excuses. Many cults are clearly known to the outside world that they are Cults, but due to this national policy, there is nothing they can do.
But the question is, is it really that simple? If the Catholic Church was not involved in politics, how could those priests who molested minor children escape legal sanctions? How do they suppress so many lawsuits every year without getting involved in politics?
Kai believes they definitely have a solution!
If this doesn't work, Kai really dares to publish all the information and video information.
Bennett obviously understands Kai's bottom line, and he will not give in.
"I need to make a call." In the end, Bennett gave in. There was nothing he could do, the impact was too bad. Rather than being disgusted by the US government, he still feels that publishing those things would do more harm to the church.
"Please do it, but I hope it can go faster."
About ten minutes later, Bennett appeared in front of Kai again. He considered his tone and then said: "As far as I know, there is a prosecutor in Chicago, Peter Stone, who is now an assistant state attorney in Illinois. He is an absolutely honest and reliable prosecutor who hates evil and is determined to do it." Unwavering in his pursuit of justice. I think he would be interested in this case."
Kai raised his eyebrows, look, they will always find a way.
Don't look at the name of Assistant State's Attorney. It looks like a petty position, like the little boy next to the prosecutor. But in fact, this position is very powerful, and the assistant state's attorney is the little boy.
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Although the Catholic Church is very bureaucratic, they are surprisingly efficient in this matter.
The next day, Assistant State Attorney Peter Stone directly issued a search warrant and froze the Tuttle Foundation, and began to investigate the fund flow and property distribution of the foundation.
This was like poking a hornet's nest. Many politicians and officials began to lobby and question Peter Stone. Even the state prosecutor expressed confusion about Peter Stone's actions and hoped that Peter Stone could give him justice. Give a reasonable explanation.
But the young assistant state attorney resisted the pressure. Of course, this is also related to the fact that many politicians and officials supported him. Just when Peter Stone launched an investigation into the Tuttle Foundation, the IRS suddenly issued an official document freezing all funds of the foundation.
At the same time, the Chicago police and FBI also launched investigations into the fund.
As a result, the two political forces began to launch a political struggle around this foundation.
On the other side, Kai, Matthew and others obtained the foundation's property and personnel details. Not only that, they were also authorized to start a detailed investigation into the Tuttle family.
Unexpectedly, they soon noticed a suspicious point that had been ignored before.
When Matthew and Martin investigated the case that year, they obtained some testimony from the rescued little girl. 'green ears' and 'spaghetti face'. At that time, they didn't pay much attention to it and thought it was a frightened child talking nonsense.
But when Martin took out the files from many years ago and the photos near the crime scene, he saw a house with green walls. The walls and door looked a bit like a human face at first glance, and the green part just corresponded. It's the ears.
Then, they found out through the tax system that during the incident, the owner of the house had indeed painted the walls and had made monetary transactions. At that time, the little girl often played nearby. The owner of the house was also investigated and questioned by the police. The owner's testimony also mentioned a man with scars all over his chin.
Then when Martin continued to check the foundation's financial transactions through the tax system, he once again discovered the name of the company that helped the homeowner paint the walls.
'Childress and Sons' Renovation Company. According to the information, this company is a very small company, but it is responsible for the decoration of schools and parishes in the entire Siyuan Project.
The legal representative of this company is named Billy Childress. This person can be said to have committed many crimes and has a long record of crimes, including child abuse, molestation, wounding, arson, etc. But that's nothing. What's really interesting is his wife's last name - Tuttle.
His wife was the daughter of Sam Tuttle and the sister of Billy Lee Tuttle.
And William Childress, the son of Billy Childress and the grandson of Sam Tuttle in the Tuttle family, worked in that company, and it just so happened that William Childress's chin There are scars everywhere. Which means William Childress was on the scene.
Then Martin went one step further and cross-referenced the time and place of all disappearances with the company's tax records, and discovered a very horrifying detail, that is, in the past ten years, a total of at least When the 65 cases occurred, this company happened to have business activities near the crime scene!
Many of these times, William Childress was nearby, and coupled with his relationship with Tuttle, this guy's suspicion could basically be confirmed!
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After getting the news, Kai didn't do anything more and immediately took Matthew, Martin and the Wen brothers to the company's registered address! Regardless of whether William Childress was a member of a cult or not, everyone felt that more clues could be found from him!
The registered place of this company is not in Chicago, but in a small town about 300 kilometers away from Chicago. This small town is difficult to find on the map. It was originally an industrial supporting facility formed during Chicago's prosperous period. It is a small town, but after the American manufacturing industry moved overseas, residents moved away one after another, forming a ghost town with not many people living there.
The registration location is in a forest on the edge of the town, very far away from other houses in the town.
The house is almost surrounded by trees and bushes. If you don't look carefully, you may miss this hut that looks very dilapidated. The road leading to the hut is covered with various vines and weeds. There is no way to drive in. A narrow path can accommodate one person passing through.
"Be careful, I feel something is very bad here!" After Sam got out of the car, he immediately felt a cold and rotten atmosphere. He was very familiar with this feeling. It would feel like this in places where wronged souls gather and monsters roam rampant. .
Everyone did not dare to be careless and approached the house cautiously. But after taking a few steps, Dean immediately stopped everyone. Then Dean pulled away the grass, and it was a human remains!
Dean ignored the highly decomposed remains and fumbled with them a few times. He said with a livid face: "Be careful, it's a werewolf who did it!"
After werewolves kill a human, they usually don't eat the whole corpse. They only eat the internal organs, so the wound characteristics are very obvious.
Kai and Matthew didn't have any special expressions, only Martin looked confused... werewolf? Are you serious?
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