You abandon it as a speaker at your peril.

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"It has to be pretty bad before you give the order to abandon ship, " he said.

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But, Walsh added, "what I don't understand is that he says he wants to be part of it all, which could be disastrous if you take it at face value, " referring to Benedict's promise not to abandon the church.

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