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Pope Benedict Willfully Let Children Be Raped: Lawyer

The last thing most people will now remember about Pope Benedict XVI is not likely his legacy as head of the Roman Catholic Church or his historic resignation in 2013.

Thanks to an investigation conducted by the German law firm Westpfahl Spilker Wastl, it is likely going to be that before he became pontiff, Joseph Ratzinger knowingly allowed rampant clerical sex abuse to continue when he was head of the Munich diocese. “During [Ratzinger’s] time in office, there were abuse cases happening,” Martin Pusch, who headed the investigation ordered by the German church, told reporters. “In those cases, those priests continued their work without sanctions. The church did not do anything ...

It doesn't come as a surprise. I recall reading years ago, when B16 was pope, about then Archbihop Ratzinger being in that meeting that put pedophile priests back to work. Of course, nothing came of it then and nothing will come of it now.

I believe this is why B16 didn't leave Rome for Germany after he stepped down as pope ... he wanted the immunity from prosecution that living in Vatican City would afford him (as it did so many otheres, like Cardinal Bernard Law, etc.). These people are like Trump - never held accountable for all the damage they do.