Commentary: Benedict’s unfortunate letter ignores the facts in the Catholic sex abuse crisis
(AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, FILE) This Oct. 19, 2014, file photo shows Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI arrives in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican to attend the beatification ceremony of Pope Paul VI, and a mass for the closing of a two-week synod on family issues, celebrated by Pope Francis. Retired Pope Benedict XVI has published an analysis of the origins of the clergy sex abuse scandal, blaming it on the sexual revolution of the 1960s and church laws that protected priests in a rare commentary, published Thursday April 11, 2019.

Commentary: Benedict’s unfortunate letter ignores the facts in the Catholic sex abuse crisis

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