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	Podcast:		In The News
	Episode:		How the clerical sex abuse crisis reached the top of the Catholic Church
	Category:		News & Politics
	Duration:		00:24:50
	Publish Date:		2022-02-04 05:00:18
	Description:		Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI has been named by Munich investigators as a potential accessory to child abuse in a file made available to state prosecutors. It's after a law firm commissioned by the archdiocese of Munich and Freising to study its archives presented a report flagging 497 cases of clerical sexual abuse and 67 alleged perpetrators. The investigators highlighted four cases of abusing priests during the 94-year-old’s term as archbishop of Munich from 1977 to 1982. Derek Scally, The Irish Times Berlin correspondent, and author of The Best Catholics in the World: The Irish, the Church and the End of a Special Relationship, reports on the story. Presenter: Sorcha Pollak Producer: Jennifer Ryan www.irishtimes.com/podcasts See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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