establish whether former Pope Benedict and other members of the clergy were culpable in a historical

Many other cases had probably not been reported, said the lawyers.A spokesman for the former pope

His former professor colleague, the priest Dr.... And in a letter of condolence, Benedict

retired Pope Benedict XVI’s handling of four cases when he was archbishop in the 1970s and 1980s

misinterpreting their submission, and asserted that they provided no evidence that Benedict was aware of

there will be a statement from the former pope on the report and that it also will spell out how the

.... 13, 2006 file picture Pope Benedict XVI, right, walks with his brother priest Georg Ratzinger in Regensburg

, the multicontinent abuse scandal had endured as a bruising part of Benedict’s legacy.... Marx

removed as head of the Vatican's doctrinal department after Benedict resigned in 2013. Francis

After receiving psychotherapy, he was allowed to work with young people again.... “ In a total of four cases, we came to the conclusion that the then-archbishop, Cardinal Ratzinger, can be accused of misconduct, ” Martin Pusch, who co-wrote the report, said.... His spokesperson told the Bild tabloid that he “ takes the fates of the abuse victims very much to heart ” and is fully “ in favour of the publication of the Munich report ”....