This is really disturbing for me as a Dutch citizen.
For the people who have been living under a rock the past 25 years let me explain what is happening:
The Roman Catholic Church is involved in an immense scandal
concerning sexual child abuse perpetrated by their priests. First it
came in the news as incidents, but thanks to the internet many thousands
more people came forward as being abused by priests in their childhood.
This scandal could very well be the reason that Pope Benedict XVI -Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger- resigned on 28 February 2013. Usually the position of Pope is from installment until the end of his life. Of the 264 popes before him only five times there was a resignation.
This scandal could very well be the reason that Pope Benedict XVI -Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger- resigned on 28 February 2013. Usually the position of Pope is from installment until the end of his life. Of the 264 popes before him only five times there was a resignation.