At first, Germans were stunned by revelations about elite Jesuit
boarding schools, where hundreds of former pupils say they suffered
sexual abuse in the 1970s and '80s. Then attention turned to the
Lutheran Church, which apologized for widespread abuse after World War
II in its children's institutions. And last month, a similar pattern of
abuse, and a coverup, rocked one of the country's most prestigious
progressive boarding schools.
The experience in Germany is a reminder that the criticism swirling around the Catholic church and Pope Benedict XVI -- that they failed to do enough to protect children in their care -- is not an exclusively Catholic problem. Pope Benedict, celebrating his fifth anniversary as Pope today, referred to the church as a "wounded sinner" that feels "all the more the consolation of God," according to L'Osservatore Roman, a Vatican newspaper.
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The experience in Germany is a reminder that the criticism swirling around the Catholic church and Pope Benedict XVI -- that they failed to do enough to protect children in their care -- is not an exclusively Catholic problem. Pope Benedict, celebrating his fifth anniversary as Pope today, referred to the church as a "wounded sinner" that feels "all the more the consolation of God," according to L'Osservatore Roman, a Vatican newspaper.
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