The link below is from yesterday’s online version of Germany’s Der Spiegel magazine.
The story of clerical child sex abuse is the main story across the German media today, as it was yesterday.
It deals with a number of clerical child sex abuse cases in the archdiocese of Munich and Freising and how the then Archbishop Jospeh Ratzinger, later Pope Benedict is alleged to have dealt with the situation.
The emeritus pope denies the allegations.
If you copy and paste the link below into Google Translate one can get the gist of what is being said.
One of the leading lawyers, Martin Pusch said in 'Der Spiegel' article: “The church is still preoccupied with secrecy and protecting the institution.”
Another lawyer, Ulrich Wastl says that he finds it difficult to believe that the then Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger was not present at a meeting that discussed the situation of an offending priest.
https://www.spiegel.de/panorama/gesellschaft/missbrauch-im-erzbistum-muenchen-kanzlei-berichtet-von-hunderten-opfern-und-belastet-papst-benedikt-xvi-a-9f866edd-fc59-46cb-b3c1-480f18a47062?sara_ecid=soci_upd_wbMbjhOSvViISjc8RPU89NcCvtlFcJ
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