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January 21, 2022

Pope Benedict Mishandled at Least 4 Sexual Abuse Cases When He Was an Archbishop
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In Germany, a damning new report finds former Pope Benedict failed to
act in at least four cases of sexual abuse by priests when he was the
archbishop of Munich. The report, which spans the period of 1945 to
2019, also accuses other senior figures in the diocese of mishandling
sexual abuse cases and identifies at least 235 sexual predators, along
with around 500 survivors. The majority of them were young boys under
the age of 14 when the abuse occurred.


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