Former Pope accused of inaction in relation to violence in church

The former Pope of the Roman Benedict XVI was accused of inaction in relation to violence in the Church and caught in refusing to take measures against the clergymen in four cases of alleged sex violence when he was Archbishop Munich. This is reported by France 24 with reference to the report of the law firm Westpfahl Spilker Wastl (WSW), analyzing the case of a cruel treatment of the Munich Arkhenskiy Affreco from 1945 to 2019.

According to the report, at least 497 minors became victims of ill-treatment. The lawyers also instructed to find out who was aware of crimes and what measures were made by the priests to curb such actions.

The report of the report was also a Josef Ratzinger, subsequently ex-pontiff Benedict XVI, who held the position of Archbishop from 1977 to 1982. At this time, the priest-pedophile named Peter Hullermann was translated into Munich from Essen, where he was accused of ill-treatment with a 11-year-old boy. Hullermann was translated into pastoral duties, despite his past.

Martin Push’s lawyer said that WSW in four cases came to the consensus that Ratzinger closed his eyes to abuse. The reformist Catholic Group “WIR SIND KIRCHE” (“We – Church”) encouraged the ex-contract to assume responsibility for what happened when he was led by the Munich Diocese.

“Recognition of Ratzinger is that with his actions or inaction, he personally and professionally involved in the suffering of many children would … an example for many other bishops and responsible persons,” the statement says.

In October 2021, it became known that the members of the Catholic clergy in France were subjected to violence more than 200 thousand children for 70 years and called for victims to keep silence for the sake of protection for the reputation of church institutions. According to data, from 1950 to 2020, more than three thousand rapists from 115 thousand priests and other priests worked in the French Catholic Church.

/Media reports.