Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI has
"corrected" his version of events regarding one of the
sexual-abuse cases that he was criticised for in a report
released in Germany last week, the German-language version of
Vatican News said on Monday
The report on sexual abuse in the Archdiocese of Munich and
Freising concluded that the former pontiff failed to take action
in four cases when he was Archbishop of Munich between 1977 and
1982.
One of those cases regarded a priest who was put into service in
the Munich archdiocese even though he was known to be a
paedophile.
The pope had told lawyers that prepared the report that he was
not at a meeting in January 1980 when the transfer of the priest
to Munich was discussed.
But the 94-year-old has admitted that he was at the meeting,
according to a report by Catholic agency KNA picked up by the
German-language version of Vatican News.
The former pope said the mistake "was not committed in bad
faith" but was "the result of an error in the editorial
drafting" of his statements, according to the report.
He is "very sorry" about this and apologizes, the report said.
Benedict has lived inside the Vatican since resigning as pope in
2013.
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