In an essay published Thursday on the Catholic News Agency (CNA), Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI offered his thoughts about the sex abuse crisis facing the Church.
Benedict reviewed the sexual revolution of the 1960s, and examined its effects on priestly formation and life, before suggesting the Church’s proper response.
The full essay can be read here
The emeritus pope’s essay was published simultaneously in German at Klerusblatt, in Italian at Corriere della Sera, and in English at Catholic News Agency and the National Catholic Register.
He also discussed the ecclesial reaction to pedophilia, noting that the 1983 Code of Canon Law “did not seem sufficient for taking the necessary measures,” and that over time “a renewal and deepening of the deliberately loosely constructed criminal law of the new Code began to take shape.”
Via Catholic News Agency
