Ex-pope asks for forgiveness over abuse scandal
Ex-pope Benedict XVI asked for forgiveness Tuesday for clerical child sex abuse committed on his watch, but aides rejected allegations of a cover-up while he was archbishop of Munich.
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Ex-pope Benedict XVI asked for forgiveness Tuesday for clerical child sex abuse committed on his watch, but aides rejected allegations of a cover-up while he was archbishop of Munich.
Benedict was accused in January of knowingly failing to stop four priests accused of child sex abuse
The 94-year-old expressed his “shame, and deep sorrow” in a letter published by the Vatican
People who apologize for offenses they never committed — such as white people who apologize for being white — are either phonies or psychotic.
People who apologize for offenses they never committed — such as white people who apologize for being white — are either phonies or psychotic.