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SOME LINKS<\/span> which strike me as important reading for those following the discussions of Pope Benedict XVI\u2019s role in the sex-abuse crisis. (This old post of mine<\/a> may give some sense of where I\u2019m coming from on any theological questions here.) John Allen at the National Catholic Reporter<\/span> has a historical analysis, \u201cWill Ratzinger\u2019s Past Trump Benedict\u2019s Present?\u201d<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\u2026In retrospect, the Burresi and Maciel cases crystallized a remarkable metamorphosis in Joseph Ratzinger vis-\u00e0-vis the sexual abuse crisis. As late as November 2002, well into the eruption in the United States, he seemed just another Roman cardinal in denial. Yet as pope, Benedict XVI became a Catholic Elliot Ness \u2014 disciplining Roman favorites long regarded as untouchable, meeting sex abuse victims in both the United States and Australia, embracing \u201czero tolerance\u201d policies once viewed with disdain in Rome, and openly apologizing for the carnage caused by the crisis.<\/p>\n

In a papacy sometimes marred by scandal and internal confusion, Benedict\u2019s handling of the sexual abuse crisis has often been touted as a bright spot \u2014 one case, at least, in which the expectations of the cardinals who elected him for a firmer hand on the rudder seem to have been fulfilled.<\/p>\n

That background makes the scandals now engulfing the church in Europe especially explosive, because by putting the pope\u2019s all but forgotten tenure as the Archbishop of Munich from May 1977 to February 1982 under a microscope, they threaten to once again make Benedict seem more like part of the problem than the solution.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

more<\/a><\/p>\n

A second piece by Allen, \u201cKeeping the Record Straight on Benedict and the Crisis,\u201d<\/a> which corrects a few misconceptions promoted by e.g. the New York Times<\/span>, but also includes this sentence, which is a truth much harder to accept and understand than the role played by one man:<\/p>\n

Anyone involved in church leadership at the most senior levels for as long as Benedict XVI inevitably bears some responsibility for the present mess.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

more<\/a><\/p>\n

If you want a short version of both pieces you can read Allen\u2019s NYTimes<\/span> op-ed, \u201cPope Benedict\u2019s Conversion on Sexual Abuse.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

Ross Douthat\u2019s op-ed in the same paper, \u201cA Time for Contrition,\u201d<\/a> also struck me as really good.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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