This was obviously operational procedure for all Pedophiles if Pope Benedict had to accept hte procedure.
The real problem happens to be the universal doctrine of forgiveness running headlong into biological insanity. Of course there is a deeply unresolved conflict.
It is remarkable that our foremost authority on Moral teachings is now finally wrestling with the problem mostly because the solution did not work at all. At the very least, both pedpphile priests and the Lavender Preisthood must go unless able to demonstrate a level of discipline equivalent to true abstention. We really need an expanded married preisthood and expanded widower preisthood to subdue this.
Ex-Pope Benedict XVI admits false statement during abuse probe testimony
Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI has admitted to providing false testimony during an investigation into sexual abuse in Germany's Catholic Church.
An independent probe found that the former pope botched at least four cases of abuse while archbishop of Munich
Former Pope Benedict XVI has apologized for providing false information during a probe into sexual abuse in his old Munich archdiocese, his secretary said in a statement on Monday that was posted to the Vatican News portal.
The statement, which was given to the German-language Catholic News Agency (KNA), said the false information was not given "with ill intent."
Instead, it was blamed on an editing "oversight" that occurred with Benedict's written testimony to the inquiry.
The former pope, 94, had told the inquiry he had not been present at a 1980 meeting discussing a case of a pedophile priest. He has now confirmed that he did attend the meeting, but insisted that no decision had been made there about reassigning the priest to pastoral duties.
"Rather, only the request to provide [the priest] with accommodation during his therapeutic treatment in Munich was granted," the statement said.
Benedict was "very sorry" for the mistake and hoped that it could be forgiven, said the statement, adding that the former pope would give an explanation for the error at a later date.
THE LIFE OF GERMAN POPE BENEDICT XVI
'We are pope'
"We are pope" reads the headline of Germany's leading tabloid, "Bild." On April 19, 2005, the College of Cardinals elected 78-year-old Joseph Ratzinger to succeed John Paul II as the 265th pope. Taking the name Benedict XVI, the first German pope in nearly 500 years displayed humility while assuming the papal throne: "The cardinals have elected me, a modest laborer in the Lord's vineyard."
Failures to act
The current pope, Francis, pledged Friday to provide justice for the victims of sexual abuse by members of the Catholic Church. His statement came a day after a report revealed that his predecessor, Benedict — who resigned from the papacy in a virtually unprecedented move in 2013 — had failed to act in four cases of abuse prior to becoming pope.
Thursday's report looked into sexual abuse cases by members of the clergy in the Munich archdiocese between 1945 and 2019. Benedict — known as Joseph Ratzinger at the time — was archbishop there between 1977 and 1985.
