AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia, FileBERLIN (AP) — A long-awaited report on sexual abuse in Germany’s Munich diocese on Thursday faulted retired Pope Benedict XVI’s handling of four cases when he was archbishop in the 1970s and 1980s. The report also faulted the current archbishop, a prominent ally of Pope Francis, in two cases. The archdiocese and the law firm said that top church officials were informed of the results ahead of its publication. In recent months, turbulence in the Cologne archdiocese over officials’ handling of abuse allegations has convulsed the German church. He had kept under wraps a first report on church officials’ actions, drawn up by the same firm that produced the Munich report, citing legal concerns.

Source: Huffington Post January 20, 2022 12:21 UTC