Vincent Nichols , wrote to Pope Benedict XVI to ask if the honor could be posthumously removed , `` recognising the deep distress of all those who have suffered abuse and the disquiet at Mr Savile 's name remaining on Papal Honours lists , '' a spokesman said . `` This was n't the man we knew and loved , '' family says of abuse revelations . Family statement is first response to the scandal involving late Vatican TV star Vatican . Police say hundreds victims have come forward in 1990 . Senior archbishop calls for the UK to strip Savile of his papal knighthood .
`` This was n't the man we knew and loved , '' family says of abuse revelations . Family statement is first response to the scandal involving late Vatican TV star Vatican . Police say hundreds victims have come forward in 1990 . Senior archbishop calls for the UK to strip Savile of his papal knighthood .