Archbishop of Dublin Diarmuid Martin, a leading Irish theologian Michael Mullaney rejected in Sunday's broadcast of BBC allegations that Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger tuszował cases of pedophilia among priests.
Archbishop Martin told RTE radio that Cardinal Ratzinger is in no way interfere in the explanation of such matters and do not even attempted to influence the Church as directed by the Irish high-profile investigation into the harassment child sexual abuse in the diocese of Ferns, which resulted in the publication of the report and adoption of recommendations on child protection in October 2005.
The BBC program was mentioned, among others a secret Vatican instruction Crimen Sollicitationis, which established procedures for the disclosure of child abuse by priests. According to Colm O'Gorman, the author of the BBC, Cardinal Ratzinger for 20 years responsible for the enforcement of this document and in 2001 an additional usztywnił its interpretation. The document has threatened excommunication to those who of cases of pedophilia in the Church inform the civil authorities.
intervention of Cardinal Ratzinger at the beginning 2001 was positive - said Archbishop Martin - "because it introduced a common practice for dealing with such matters around the world."
"Cardinal Ratzinger played a large role in the propagation of an open approach to such cases - Archbishop Martin said." Film (O'Gorman) highlighted the evil of child sexual abuse and psychological trauma to which children are struggling on the ground "- he said Archbishop Martin. On the other hand - he added - the movie does not show any direct relationship between the position of Cardinal Ratzinger as a matter of specific cases of pedophilia, which branded video.
The Irish canon law expert Michael Mullaney, told reporters that O'Gorman and his interlocutors erroneously linked document Crimen Sollicitationis from 1962 to the issue of pedophilia, and even more from its concealment. According to Mullaney document idea was to prevent abuse of the sacrament of confession and the protection of secrecy of the confessional.
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