While still an Archbishop, Pope Benedict (Joseph Ratzinger) issued a confidential letter to every bishop. In it, he reminded them of the extreme gravity of a certain crime. That crime was not the rape and torture of children by priests, but the REPORTING of these events to anyone outside the Church hierarchy. Accusations were only treatable within the Church's exclusive jurisdiction. It gets worse...

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While still an Archbishop, Pope Benedict (Joseph Ratzinger) issued a confidential letter to every bishop. In it, he reminded them of the extreme gravity of a certain crime. That crime was not the rape and torture of children by priests, but the REPORTING of these events to anyone outside the Church hierarchy. Accusations were only treatable within the Church's exclusive jurisdiction. It gets worse...

Authors Bio:

Josh Mitteldorf, de-platformed senior editor at OpEdNews, blogs on aging at http://JoshMitteldorf.ScienceBlog.com. Read how to stay young at http://AgingAdvice.org.

Educated to be an astrophysicist, he has branched out from there to mathematical modeling in a variety of areas, including evolutionary ecology and economics. He has taught mathematics, statistics, and physics at several universities. He is an avid amateur pianist, and father of two adopted Chinese girls, now grown. He travels to Beijing each year to work with a lab studying the biology of aging. His book on the subject is "Cracking the Aging Code", http://tinyurl.com/y7yovp87.