The first Pope Benedict XVI was put forward serious accusations. In the presented new report on sexual violence in the archite spokes of Munich and Freising (the federal land of Bavaria), four cases in which the future head of the holy throne Joseph Ratzinger, then Archbishop Munich, did not take any action against the priests accused of pedophilia. Reports about it Deutsche Welle.
We are talking about two clergymen whose acts of sexual violence were witnessed by state courts, but the Catholic Church did not respond at all, and both continued to actively engage in pastoral activities. The authors of the report argue that Ratzinger did not show any interest in victims of violence.
Experts who studied the question are also convinced that Ratzinger knew about the past of the priest Peter H., who moved to Bavaria from Essen in 1980. Earlier, H. was convicted of pedophilia, and later, already in Munich’s archite spokes, made new acts of violence.
According to the lawyer, in the preparation of the expert opinion, the former Pope first took the “defensive position”, but later refused her and gave detailed written testimony.
Josef Ratzinger in April 2005 was elected head of the Roman Catholic Church and became Pope of the Roman Benedict XVI. In April 2013, he renounced the Holy Throne. His successor became Argentine Francis.