Sigh. More abuse allegations.

[Georg] Ratzinger himself had a reputation as a taskmaster, which was not unusual for the culture of the time, in Germany and in the Catholic Church…

In the 2010 interview, Georg Ratzinger said that he, too, would use corporal punishment on the boys.

“At the beginning I also repeatedly administered a slap in the face, but always had a bad conscience about it,” he told the German newspaper. Corporal punishment was made illegal in 1980.

Ratzinger said a slap in the face was the easiest reaction to a failure to perform or a poor performance, and the force of the slap varied widely.

It’s mostly physical abuse in question here, with some sexual assaults mixed in. How awful. Lord, have mercy.

http://www.religionnews.com/2016/01/09/german-church-choir-abuse-claims-hit-close-to-home-for-retired-pope-benedict-xvi/

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