Friday, February 22, 2013

Recent Articles on Vatican Sex-scandal


The Guardian Dublin:


Pope Benedict 'complicit in child sex abuse scandals', say victims' groups


Pope Benedict XVI 'knew more about clergy sex crimes than anyone else in church yet did little to protect children', say critics
Children play in St Peters' Square at the Vatican.
Children play in St Peters' Square at the Vatican. Benedict, then Cardinal Ratzinger, was in charge of investigating sex abuse scandals but critics say he covered up paedophilia. Photograph: Gregorio Borgia/ AP
For the legions of people whose childhoods and adult lives were wrecked by sexual and physical abuse at the hands of the Roman Catholic clergy, Pope Benedict XVI is an unloved pontiff who will not be missed.

The Sydney Morning Herald: 

Pope Benedict XVI resigned after an internal investigation informed him about a web of blackmail, corruption and gay sex in the Vatican, Italian media reports say.
Three cardinals were asked by Benedict to verify allegations of financial impropriety, cronyism and corruption exposed in the so-called VatiLeaks affair.
The cardinals were said to have uncovered an underground gay network, whose members organise sexual meetings in several venues in Rome and Vatican City. 
On December 17, 2012, they handed the pontiff two red-leather bound volumes, almost 300 pages long, containing "an exact map of the mischief and the bad fish" inside the Holy See, La Repubblica said.


Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/world/vatican-scandal-cited-in-pope-resignation-20130222-2ev0d.html#ixzz2LeYb8mK4


Spiegelonline Panorama

Sex-Skandal im Vatikan: "Tutti perversi?"

Von Michael Braun, Rom
Der Vatikan steht im Mittelpunkt eines peinlichen Skandals: Ein Chorsänger aus dem Petersdom soll männliche Prostituierte vermittelt haben. Zu seinen Klienten gehörte offenbar auch ein hoher Staatsbeamter, der sich im direkten Umfeld von Papst Benedikt XVI. bewegte.


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