Saturday, September 05, 2020

As To Why Benedict XVI Resigned.....

 LifeSite News has a disturbing story.

...There is a case now before the criminal courts of Germany in which two priests allege gruesome sexual abuse at the hands of a then-senior official in the Vatican’s Secretariat of State, Monsignor Christoph Kühn....

...Kolfhaus first lodged a complaint against Kühn at the Vatican in 2006. He testifies that his abuse took place inside the offices of the Secretariat of State, as well as inside the Casa Santa Marta, a residence for Vatican prelates.

But it appears no formal investigation was launched until 2019, in spite of the fact that the Report of Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò, Delegate for the Pontifical Representations, was presented to the Superiors of the Secretariat of State on July 3, 2006....

This all occurred while B-16 was CDF and Pope.

...As head of the German Section until 2008, Kühn organized Benedict’s trips to Germany, traveled with him on the papal plane, and was often photographed side by side with him at official receptions...

Never said so in pixels, but always had the thought in the back of my mind that B-16 was either blackmailed into resignation OR--more likely--was so ashamed of something in his duties that he just quit. 

The story does nothing to change my mind.

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