Joseph Ratzinger
 Joseph Ratzinger     (Pope) | |
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| Born | 1927-04-16 Marktl, Germany |
| Died | 2022 (Age 95) |
| Nationality | German |
| Citizenship | Vatican |
| Parents | • Joseph Ratzinger Sr • Maria Ratzinger (née Peintner) |
| Member of | The European House - Ambrosetti |
Pope Benedict XVI (born Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger) was a retired prelate of the Catholic Church who was head of the Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 2005 until his resignation in 2013. Benedict's election as pope occurred in the 2005 papal conclave that followed the death of Pope John Paul II. Benedict chose to be known by the title "pope emeritus" upon his resignation.
Controversies
Joseph Ratzinger has been indicted in a common law court, initiated by Kevin Annett, on February 25, 2013 for concealing the Canadian genocide.[citation needed]
Brother was VIP/Paedophile
Joseph's elder brother Georg Ratzinger (1924-2020), was a German Catholic priest and musician, known for his work as the conductor of the Regensburger Domspatzen, the boy's choir of Regensburg.
A man who lived in the choir-linked boarding school until 1967 contended that "a sophisticated system of sadistic punishments in connection with sexual lust" had been installed there.[1] Der Spiegel quoted the man, the composer Franz Wittenbrink, as saying it would be inexplicable that the pope's brother did not know anything about it.[1]
A lawyer commissioned by the choir to look into the accusations concluded that over 200 young singers were abused to various degrees, with at least 40 of the cases involving sexual violence, and that he must assume that Ratzinger had known.[2] A report in 2017 faulted Ratzinger "in particular for 'looking away' or for failing to intervene" and also stated that, "with a high degree of plausibility", between the years 1945 and 1992, 547 boys were victims of physical or sexual abuse, or both.[3]
References
- ↑ a b https://www.spiegel.de/panorama/gesellschaft/vorwuerfe-gegen-kirche-regensburger-domspatzen-durch-missbrauch-traumatisiert-a-682126.html
- ↑ https://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/09/world/europe/over-200-members-of-german-choir-were-abused-investigator-says.html
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20170720081449/http://uw-recht.org/fileadmin/user_upload/Abschlussbericht_Domspatzen.pdf
