rtokens: Bernardin prayed with him before he died from AIDS last year .
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tokens: Bernardin steadfastly denied the charges and the former student later recanted his tale of abuse .
ltokens: Ironically , Bernardin , who developed a progressive , much-praised programme to deal with pedophilia involving priests , became the highest-ranking church official ever accused of sexual improprieties when a former seminary student leveled charges in 1993 that he had been sexually abused by Bernardin during the 1970s .