During the media rage that was the papal transition from John Paul II to Benedict XVI.

During the media rage that was the papal transition from John Paul II to Benedict XVI, the late Pope's homophobia (and other peccadilloes) went virtually unnoticed. if it be not that the election of Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger resurrect a thorny issue in that it was he who, back in 2001 ordered that the Church's investigations into the sexual abuse of minors through priests be carried out in total seclusion In his directive, Ratzinger asserted the Church's absolute authority in in the same state [i]or[/i] condition matters--read: don't tell the police,

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