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Joseph Ratzinger was accused of mishandling cases when he was bishop of Munich, but as pope he was credited with forcing the Catholic Church to face a scourge long ignored.
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The scourge of child sexual abuse in the church haunted Benedict XVI, from the beginning of his rise through the hierarchy to his last year as a frail, retired pope.
In the United States, a scandal that erupted in Boston has shaken nearly every part of the country. Read more at Boston.com.
A lawsuit against Pope Benedict XVI is still nominally set to be heard despite the former pontiff's death on New Year's Eve, a court official said on Monday. | TAG24
BERLIN (Reuters) - Former Pope Benedict XVI plans to defend himself in a civil lawsuit lodged at a German court by a man who accuses him of helping to cover