Pope Benedict XVI has broken his silence in a rare essay on the sex abuse crisis in the Catholic Church, claiming that it was caused in part by the sexual revolution of the 1960s and the liberalization of the church's moral teaching
In the 11-page analysis published today in a German magazine for priests, Klerusblatt, the former Pope also reveals some of the behind-the-scenes struggles between the Vatican and American bishops in handling the crisis and admits that the Vatican was initially overwhelmed in dealing with it.Catholic News Agency first published the letter in English on Wednesday afternoon.A top Vatican official has confirmed the essay's authenticity to CNN.
"Benedict cites one bishop who showed seminarians pornographic films,"allegedly with the intention of thus making them resistant to behavior contrary to the faith."Liberal theologians who questioned the church's traditional norms on sexuality are also partly to blame, the former Pope says.
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