German sex abuse lawsuit targets former Pope Benedict


FILE PHOTO: General view of St. Peter's Basilica and the Apostolic Palace on the day former Pope Benedict acknowledged that errors occurred in the handling of sexual abuse cases while he was Archbishop of Munich, at the Vatican, February 8, 2022. REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane/File Photo

BERLIN (Reuters) - A lawsuit brought against an alleged paedophile priest in Germany is seeking to establish whether former Pope Benedict and other members of the clergy were culpable in a historical case of child sexual abuse, the plaintiff's lawyer said.

The so-called declaratory action was brought on behalf of a 38-year-old man from the southern state of Bavaria, who says he was abused by a priest as a child, the BR broadcaster reported together with the Correctiv research centre and Die Zeit weekly.

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