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Benedict XVI is incriminated in a report into child sex abuse in Munich in the 70s and 80s.

 

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Former Pope Benedict XVI failed to act over four child abuse cases when he was archbishop of Munich, a German probe into the Catholic Church has alleged.

 

Pope Benedict, then called Josef Ratzinger, held the position from 1977 to 1982. He has denied the accusations.

 

But a new report into historical abuse allegations carried out by a German law firm incriminated the former pontiff.

 

Abuse continued under his tenure, it is alleged, and the accused priests remained active in church roles.

 

 

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Ex-pontiff blames ‘editorial oversight’ for previous statement he was absent from 1980 meeting over suspected paedophile priest

 

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The former pope Benedict XVI has admitted providing false information to a German inquiry into clerical sexual abuse.

 

Benedict, who resigned as the global leader of the Roman Catholic church in 2013, said on Monday that he had attended a meeting with local church officials in 1980 to discuss a suspected paedophile priest. He blamed a previous written statement to German investigators – in which he said he was absent from the meeting – on an editorial error.

 

His admission comes four days after a report on the investigation claimed that Benedict had failed to take action against four priests accused of child sexual abuse when he was archbishop of Munich, a position the then cardinal, Josef Ratzinger, held between 1977 and 1982, and that his denial of being at the meeting in question lacked credibility.

 

 

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