and these are whitey benedict who stood down from his rolling 2013 has denied the claims. but the law is investigating what categorical he was aware in exquisite. in a total of 4 cases, we concluded that the then archbishop cardinal ruts singer is to be accused of misconduct in cases of sexual abuse. and those who represent victims said, the catholic church must do more. we believe they are, they have become better in training of lay people in a protection programs for children. but, but in terms of on dealing with the victims and not protecting of the perpetrators, it's still the same old system. benedict profit his resignation as pope ameritas last year. an offer declined by the current pontiff. but thursdays report is just the latest in a torrent of abuse claims that have come to light in recent years. further exposing the decades of hidden crimes committed by the catholic church. scientists have discovered a pristine karl reef off the coast of tahiti. much of the news in recent years relates to karl degradation because of climate change, but a group of french scientist

it's really that very likely nothing will happen to benedict. and this big admission, as you said, coming off the back of the report that was just released last week about the church in these cases of sex abuse in the eighty's. could this lead to any form of justice for the victim? i mean, you know, we can not go and much more than opinion and precedent really. so far we have seen the sort of repeated apologies from church members. we had seen different ways in which, you know, the states. i mean, in this case, germany have attempted to look into cases that for a very long time, they clearly had not actually taken seriously enough, but you know, the question of redress. i think it's really no different than it was a week ago before we found out that, that, that i've seen, you know, had, had lied about the cases. keep in mind that there, you know, sort of about 500 cases contemplated within this, within the report. and really, i mean, it's not any bigger or smaller than previous reports. the only one major difference we do know now is that, you k

no tainted by tragedy. retired to pope benedict, the 16th admits he made a false statement during an investigation into sexual abuse in the german catholic church. benedict's privacy said he did not attend the meeting in 1980, which discussed the transfer of a pitiful priest to his diocese. he now says his false statement was down to an editing of the side report released last week, found that benedict failed to act against full priests accused of child sex abuse in the 1980s are here in germany. a group of $125.00 church employees, including priests, have come out as members of the l. g p t q community. they're calling for an end to discrimination. they've experienced the issue of homosexuality has caused a major rift and the catholic church between reformers and conservatives. crystal simpson is a preacher, and he is homosexual. he's not the only one more than 100 people working in the catholic church have publicly admitted they aren't heterosexual and thus don't conform to the churches ideology. many of them fear the consequences. thus they say, i am not worthy of working in the s

also on the program. former pope benedict is criticized in a new report into sexual abuse within the catholic church as a german archbishop in the 1980s he said to a failed to act. despite being told about 4 such cases will hear from a survivor of clerical abuse who tells d w. he has never recovered from his childhood experience. and as the 1st humanitarian aid flights reached tonga, images from the capital show the scale of the devastation massy volcanic eruption and synonymy cut off the pacific island nation from the rest of the world last week . ah, i'm feel gale. welcome to the program. the secretary of state has been here in berlin, holding discussions with allies about containing the perceived threat of a russian invasion of ukraine. antony blinkin met with german foreign minister, and i'm in a bad off. and that british and french counterpart after us off in care of yesterday, mr. blake and will finish his talk to morrow in geneva, where he's due to me to russian foreign minister. so again, laughter of these meetings widely viewed as one of the last attempts to stop russia logi

an investigation and to sexual abuse in the german catholic church. benedict had previously said he did not attend a meeting in 1980, at which the transfer of a pedophile priest to his diocese was disgust. the former pope says he made the false statement due to what he now calls an editing oversight. a report released last week found that benedict who was then cardinal joseph rossimer, knowingly failed to act against 4 priests accused of child sex abuse in the 1980s. meanwhile, here in germany, a group of 125 church employees, including priests, have publicly outed themselves as members of the l. g. b t q, community. they're calling for an end to the discrimination and exclusion they faced in the church. the issue of homosexuality has caused a major rift and the catholic church between reformers and conservatives. christoph simonson is a preacher and he is homosexual. he's not the only one more than 100 people working in the catholic church have publicly admitted they aren't heterosexual. and thus don't conform to the churches ideology, many of them fear the consequences. thus they

last week's independent report was heavily critical. reformer po benedict, the 16th, who himself had at the archdiocese from 1977 to 1982. while the report is the 1st 4 will actually zation, that benedict did not stop abusive priests, but instead allow them to continue working with children like rocher vote on the fiano level. i called bob if he knew about the abuse and he didn't stop it. a new independent report has found form of pope benedict failed to act in full cases of child sexual abuse by catholic clergyman. the case is date back to the time before he became pope, that known as joseph rat, singer in the late 19 seventy's and early 19 eighties. he was the archbishop of munich, and pricing and southern germany. the reports found that under his watch, abusive priests were allowed to continue their work in the church. well, victims received no support. the allegations could shots of the former pope's legacy at oma. he mentioned in dodge law, people in germany, no longer trust jasa fry's thing, or the former pope. you see the catholic church in germany is in a serious crisis, and

the barber reports former pope benedict. the 16th failed to take action against clerics in 4 cases of alleged sexual abuse in his native germany. that's the conclusion of a report by a munich law firm, the archdiocese of munich, confiding asked it to investigate allegations of sexual abuse between 19452019 poco meritus benedict. formerly joseph rushing, archbishop of munich, has previously denied wrong doing over the cases. a marketing reasonably confirmed . essentially, he claims the lack of knowledge of the fact and the lack of relevance on the canon law. in doing so, he continues to claim ignorance, even when in our opinion, it is difficult to reconcile this with the facts of the case. the report says there were at least $497.00 victims of abuse, mainly young males. it accuses cardinal eyes, heart marks the current archbishop of munich, of misconduct in 2 suspected abuse cases. last year, frances rejected an offer by him to resign. but the new claims have brought fresh pain for survivors of abuse in southern germany, atto

do you think benedict deserves such forgiveness? i think one has to ask oneself, why did he do this? why was he the 1st poke? it was because the survivors movement all over the world starting from the us, but also in central europe in his home country, germany, pressing the public were pressing the judge to answer with the abuse crisis. so when we are talking about munich, his performance as archbishop of munich, he was guilty of come up opperation. he was responsible to have a pedal 53 again, in the office, in his diocese of munich. and this guy had the opportunity to abuse dozens of young people ask him. so i don't expect would expect the form of pope to apologize for these crimes and mistakes. so to call them and then be can talk. but i had really difficulties to accept this description of the pontificate of benedict the term. certainly here in germany has promised that there will be changes. if you look at what cardinals i had marx said today, he said he has a moral responsibility and he's valid that there will be reform. do you

also coming up tonight, serious accusations against former pope benedict the 16th during his time, as german archbishop did, he know that children were being sexually abused. and did he choose to look the other way? plus record inflation in turkey that is, out of control. shops are hiking, their prices almost daily. is the government, they're making things better or worse. plus flying into the record books a 19 year old becomes the youngest woman to fly, so low around hello bullock at what propelled her to make the record setting journey. ah, lou, i bring gov to our viewers watching on p b. s in the united states into all of you around the world. it is good to have you with us on this thursday. america's top diplomat is in berlin to clean up and clear up any misunderstanding about western unity regarding russian aggression against ukraine. today you have secretary of state antony blink and met with german foreign minister on the lena bear bock and their british and french counterparts. the meeting of the quad group, as it's known, is meant to show a united front on the eve of a summit

has finally reached the, the head of the parameter it with the pope, the former pope benedict. so this is her. yeah. very special moment. but besides the cases mentioned in your report, we have 500 other victims alone in the city and the diocese of a munich. it names the pope in this report find the pope the pope was was or it was an archbishop. high level catholics have been named before. is it just because such a big name has been reveal that you think this is this is a momentous occasion or do you actually see this changing anything? when he was catched with ally, there was a whole building of lies covering the as you permit my, my wording to benedict since 2010 when the scanner for the 1st time you both here in germany. and now we know it was all a big lie. you knew about the perpetrator about peter age. and he personally is responsible that about 20 other boys were abused. after, after the decision he made to adopt this priest as one of his priest in his diocese and give him responsibilities. so i think this is a very special moment and we have to ask cutting on mike, for

and later, pope benedict was in charge of the diocese and bavaria at the time. either he knew about the abuse cases and covered them up for peter h, or he violated his duty to oversee the parish. peter h is now retired and lives once again in the rural region, about 10 kilometers from the scene of marcus, else news abuse is thank again. i think of them every night and day and night and the former nightmares oxen during the day that i could run into her somewhere. victims were traumatized for life, were never freely real. that was needed a loss wolf bought. where was god when this happened? not just to me that to all of us children, why didn't he intervene with whipping? marcus altenor has never wanted to enter a church ever again. in a martin, it has taken such courage for such victims to speak out about what happened to them . what can they expect now beyond an apology? well, i mean the question for redress i think at this point is more or less, you know, and solvable. i mean, these are, these are crimes that really cannot be rejected, and most certainly cannot

a report belief last week from the benedict. with then cardinal joseph, rushing or knowingly, failed to act again for priests accused of child sex abuse in the 1980. meanwhile, here in germany, a 125 church employees including priests, have come out as l g, b t q. and are calling for reform in a statement, the group called for an end to the discrimination and exclusion. they had experience in the church and free access to all pastoral vocations. the issue of homosexuality is caused a major rift in the catholic church between modernization and conservatives. the german bishop conference has welcomed the initiative. we can speak now to kiana battalion. she is a member of the initiative out in church, that's an organization representing l g b t. 2 people working in the church. he had a good to have you on d w. can you tell us more about what was behind this decision to organize this very public coming out? yes, most of us have had many experiences of discrimination and exclusion also in the church. and the church teaching authority

if we look at the report, it also, as we mentioned, heavily incriminate the former pope benedict. do we now have complete clarity on the world that he played and all of this? no, we don't actually because obviously ultimately, especially after he became pope, i mean, he was the person with the ultimate authority in terms of overseen, the leasing, controlling and sort of accounting for bus gates and, and current cases within the church case of abuse of children. what we do know, however, is that number one, he was aware of one set of cases in his office which was, which was meaning pricing. and what we also know that he lied about not knowing, you know, the details of those cases. it is not clear whether he was involved in allowing this particular priest which was moved from when parish, where he had abuse children to another parish where he would continue to abuse children who are actually with him both in that decision. but that's the kind of information that an investigation would need to bring out and he would give us full clarity. what do you think is important for the victims

last week's independent report was heavily critical of former pope benedict the 16th. the report is the first formal condition that benedict did not stop abusive priests but allowed them to continue working with children. >> he knew about the abuse and he did not stop it. the new independent report has found former pulp benedict failed to react in four cases of child sexual abuse. the cases date back to the time before he became pope. then known as justin ratzinger in the late 1970's and early 1980's. the report found that under his watch, abusive priests were left to continue their work in the church while victims received no support. the allegations could shatter the former pope's legacy. many people are leading the -- leaving the church, many are doubting their bishops. many are calling for more action to finally be taken. >> he has already admitted he made apostate mentoring the investigation. it found evidence that he was at a meeting when an abusive priests was discussed. he now says that was an oversight. he has previously denied any wrongdoing and has yet to gi

our german inquiry has found that former pope benedict knew about priests involved in child sex abuse. but fail to act when he was archbishop of munich from 1977 to 1982 benedict was known as cardinal joseph rat, singer at the time and has repeatedly denied claims that he covered up the abuse. that in bob reports, former pope benedict, the 16th, failed to take action against clerics in 4 cases of alleged sexual abuse in his native germany. that's the conclusion of a report by a munich law firm, the archdiocese of munich, and finding asked it to investigate allegations of sexual abuse between 945 and 2019 pope ameritas benedict. formerly joseph rushing, archbishop of munich, has previously denied wrong doing over the cases. a mocking, reasonably confused, a thoughtful, essentially, he claimed the lack of knowledge of the fact. and the lack of relevance on the canon law. in doing so, he continues to claim ignorance, even when in our opinion, it is difficult to reconcile this with the facts of the case. the report says that were at least $497.00 victims of abuse, mainly young males. it a

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a new independent report has found former pope benedict failed to act in full cases of child sexual abuse by catholic clergyman. the case is date back to the time before he became pope, then known as joseph rat, singer in the late 19 seventy's and early 19 eighties. he was the archbishop of munich, and pricing and southern germany. the reports found that under his watch, abusive priests were allowed to continue their work in the church, while victims received no support. the allegations could shots in the form of pope's legacy at all. ma'am, he mentioned in dodge le people in germany, no longer trust jasa fry's thing, or the former poet. you see the catholic church in germany is in a serious crisis, and many people are leaving the church that many are doubting their bishop life. and i'm you many are calling for more action to finally be taken. just perhaps also that the state should push forward with investigating the abuses and compensating the victims from his boss up for farm pipe. rack thing a has already admitted. he made a false statement during the investigation. it found evidence.

last week's independent report was heavily critical of pope benedict. the 16th to himself hated the archdiocese from 1977 to 1992. it felt in his handling of several cases of sexual abuse that in the since come out in defense of benedict with get more from our religious affairs analyst mountain gang. martin, thanks for joining us. cardinal mach said he faces up to the responsibility. how is he going to do that? well, i mean, i think that once more of it has become usual for returning, jo tardies to, to, to basically express, you know, their claim has been that the church will take moral responsibility for what has happened and, you know, apologies are issued. so it's really, i think it's really a time at which, especially after the last week and a half of revelations in which we know now that actually the knowledge of the case is when all the way to where beginning then the top of the church, you know, claims of moral responsibility or acceptance for a responsibility are essentially insufficient. so you know what the concrete steps are? remain quiet and

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benedict's spokesperson says he is reviewing this lengthy report. but the law firm that conducted the investigation with written testimony from the former pontiff says he denied any wrongdoing. the report identified nearly 500 sexual victims in the archdiocese between 1945 to 2019. chico harlan is the rome bureau chief for "the washington post" and has been writing about this. chico harlan, thank you so much for joining the "newshour." so, really, from boston to munich, we have seen church leaders at the very top over and over again turn a blind eye to sexual abuse, cover up sexual abuse, commit sexual abuse. how bad is what former pope benedict is accused of doing in this report? chico: how bad is it? i mean, there is a way to measure it against the standards of the time and what was known, but i think viewed at it through the modern lens of the proper way to handle sexual abuse, the only way to consider this is that he failed. he did not value the victims and the safety of young people, the safety of people attending church against the reputation.

a german inquiries found that former pope benedict knew about abusive priests but failed to act when he was archbishop of munich from 1977 to 1982 benedict was known as cardinal joseph. rach thing at the time and has repeatedly denied claims to be covered up, they abuse. so those are the headlines. the news continues here now to 0 after people empower spectrum. thanks for watching bye. for now. we understand the differences and similarities have cultures across the wound. semi matter, glad you call her al jazeera will bring you the news and current affairs that mattie out here. the during the syrian civil war, tens of thousands of people being detained, tortured rates and murdered by the regime of prussia. in april 2021 of his intelligence officials roslyn, was put on trial in germany, accused of participating in those crimes. now he's been found guilty and sentenced to life in prison, as the case is reaching a climax report. and nina donna, he went behind the scenes to find out how the evidence against roslyn was gathered . this is the 2nd of 2 special episodes. ah ah ah, in the unl

so the question always was how much did benedict know about this? and at the time, 10 years ago, when this first came out, it was the blame was cast on a deputy. the deputy says now that he believes it was improbable that benedict didn't have some knowledge about this guy's past when he was brought in and rehabilitated. >> sy: and benedict, thus far, according to the law firm, has denied that he was at this meeting. is this the closest this high ranking of a vatican official all the way at the top, even though he was cardinal at the time, has come to being linked to a case of sexual abuse. >> this is, i guess, what you put categorized as mishandling or cover up negligence. and yes, the accusations have been made in a very high profile case even three years ago by this character who famous to any catholic archbishop vigano, who was talking about the way that benedict and pope francis failed in properly, properly excavating the truth with cardinal mccarrick. so that was a case of cover up. but i guess what we've seen today in the german case is someth

i wrote to pope benedict. i told him my whole story on may 21st. i got a response saying the pope would take care of it and he really did. but as we have seen, it took 2530 years for a victim to open up and start talking about it. is that is it for me this hour? i will be back in the say $32.00 and a half minutes with another full and freshly janice says our international students with the move oh, you move in simplest possible form and i was and got started and all the needed to be honest with it before actually, and then this stuff expanding so where doors, creations come from and hopefully the switch is not the kind aggression the science can so called enhanced interrogation techniques used by the u. s. officials were basically designed as techniques to break down the human mind. if you force a human being to stay in a certain position doesn't take very long to the pain involved to become absolutely excruciating, but nobody's lane finger on you. you are doing it to yourself. and we started adopting those techniques when i was station in mosul. a

but the form of pope benedict to the 16 failed to take action. and 4 cases of alleged sexual abuse was serving as archbishop of the german cities of munich and fries in the study by german law firm looked into cases of abuse between 945 and 2019. and how church officials handled them. according to report over 2 thirds of people investigated, turned out to be priests. the report also said the form of pope supported this latest inquiry but denied any wrong doing. we spoke with wilford for someone who says he was a victim of sex abuse by the clergy during that period. he told us what he's been through. that's why someone it happened in the summer of 979. that was 11 years old . after act served at st. andrew's church and when he left us and the people started attacking me for the new, i was one of the reasons he left. we moved to another district of the town and in 1999. i began effective by my experience. i could not work and then i have this in the i could not drive or simply go out of the house if my whole family was suffering because of that, i

i wrote to pope benedict. i told him my whole story on may 21st. i got a response saying the pope would take care of it and he really did. but as we have seen, it took 2530 years victim to open up and start talking about it at 4 and a half years after london's deadly grunfeld fire tragedy. fears of a repeat have emerged. that's made plans to build a new high rise in the area with yet again, only one set of fire escape stairs for its residence and he's shutting. edwards dusty has more in the shadows of the grunfeld tower. the tragedy that came the lives of 72 plans are in place to build a new sky scraper, twice the heights, and just a few meters away. despite the public inquiry concluding the safety policy all the greenfields, how a failed. this new building is set to adhere to that failed policy, including the requirement for just a single escape staircase. we would, he knows that single staircase, krista k. she's all very difficult to use for fire fighting on the skype tie. the whole situation in the year every becomes very crowded. you had to hav

i wrote to pope benedict. i told him my whole story on may 21st. i got a response saying the pope would take care of it and he really did. but as we have seen, it took 2530 years for victim to open up and start talking about it. one is that, is it for me? i will be back to the headlines in about $32.00 and a half minutes. stay with us at internet. ah, no impossible form when everything started and all that needed to be done and such of need to believe in it before actually. and then even stuff expanding so where those equations come from and that hopefully the switch is all the contribution the science can. those is the earth's still large enough to satisfy the ambitions of jeff bezos. you know, it's got its tentacles in so many aspects of the economy. there's nothing that amazon isn't trying to get into to step by step. the amazon empire has extended its grip on the world that walks like a dog and quacks like a dog as a dog. ah, so amazon looks like monopoly trades like a monopoly makes money like monopoly behaves like, like amazon essentially con

the investigation also revealed a cover up that went all the way to a former po benedict once the archbishop of munich. now many believers are questioning their faith in a church that turned a blind eye on decades of abuse. preparations for a sunday morning mass augustine, this bower is a priest in the catholic parish of christ koenig and munich. he feels both a deep insecurity in himself, but also in many community members who ask him questions. you so it's done with people ask, how am i supposed to deal with this? no. can i stay in such a church at all? this will be sticky. my faith is actually so important to me in my life, but i can't support an organization that has done so much wrong itself. that is so much dirt on a shaking hot kal shinkel from munich, drew a line this week he left the roman catholic church as kit m d. it's about how these cases have been handled, how everything is covered up, and that can't be. and that was the reason, that's why and it's very, very difficult for me resulted. these exits are skyrocketing in many states. after the abuse report was published, the munic

pope benedict knowingly failed to act against four priests accused of child sex abuse in the 1980's. meanwhile here in germany, 125 church employees, including priests, have come out as lgbtq and are calling for reform. in a statement, they called for an end to the discrimination they had expressed in the church, and free access to all pastoral vocations. the issue of homosexuality has caused a major rift in the church, between modernizes and conservatives. the german bishops conference has welcomed the initiative. we can speak now to a member of the initiative "out in church" an organization representing lgbtq people working in the church. good to have you on dw. tell us what was behind the decision to organize this very public coming out. guest: yes, most of us have had many experiences of discrimination and exclusion also in the church, and the church teaching authority claims that we are incapable of coect relationships to other people, and that we feel to be fully human because of our tendencies, and that same-sex relationshs cannot be recognized. so our movement is about human

abuse of children by clergy investigation documents a cover up that went all the way to former. pope benedict who was then the archbishop of munich in a country where practicing christians pay a church tax, and he catholics are now saying they've had enough preparations for a sunday morning. mass augustine, his bower is a priest in the catholic parish of christ koenig and munich, he feels both a deep insecurity in himself, but also in many community members who ask him questions you. so he shits on with people ask, how am i supposed to deal with this? no. can i stay in such a church at all? so be sticky. my faith is actually so important to me in my life. but i can't support an organization that has done so much wrong itself. that is so much dirt on a shaking hot cal shinkel from munich drew a line this week. he left the roman catholic church as kit m d. it's about how these cases have been handled, how everything is covered up, and that can't be. and that was the reason why and it's very, very difficult for me. result of these exits are skyrocketing in many states. after the abuse report was

act when he was the archbishop of munich from 1977 to 1982 benedict was known as the cardinal jokes, advancing at the time and has repeatedly denied claim see covenant abuse, but investigators that he knew and allowed the police involved to continue working without sanction. serbia has abandoned plans to allow a controversial lithium mine to be built in the countries west. and from the prime minister for weeks of protest mining company, rio tinto was behind the $2400000000.00 project. davis argues, but lithium money would damage rivers and farmland boys. some of which has all about right after many protests against 3, a dental company which planned lead to your mind in the area of western serbia, the government has decided to revoke all license related to that project. prime minister on a bernabie said the decision is a full stop for that company in serbia. she said she understood the concern of citizen, and i, i environmental activists who have been blocking many roads in serbia from november last year. she also said the 3 a team to didn't give enough information about the project t

pope benedict denies all wrongdoing and said he knew nothing about the background of that particular man but reporters have unnerved minutes of a meeting in which the transfer of this man were discussed and the reports say he -- they looked at the minutes and it was clear from the minutes that he had indeed been there. the vatican has issued a statement today saying they will examine and analyze the report that runs for 1600 pages so there is a lot to look through. they also expressed their regret at the -- the report talks about hundreds of children that were abused at the hands of clerics in the catholic church. laura: jenny hill reporting therefrom germany. you're watching "bbc world news america." still to come on tonight's program, a discovery deep at sea. a giant coral reef in pristine condition off the coast of tahiti. that is just ahead. women's rights campaigners in afghanistan have told the bbc that two activists were abducted on wednesday night. taliban claims a video released by one of the women is fake. here is more on the missing women and their protest movement too. re