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Advocates Renew Call for Cardinal Dolan to Condemn Pope Benedict XVI’s Sexual Abuse Cover-Up
NEW YORK (NY)
NY City Lens [New York NY]
February 10, 2022
By Danielle Dawson and Riley Farrell
Read original articleFollowing Benedict’s statement on Tuesday asking for forgiveness for his handling of sexual abuse within the Catholic Church, Dolan faces revamped pressure to act.
[Photo above: Former clergyman, Robert Hoatson, protests outside the Manhattan business offices of the Archdiocese of New York in support of sexual abuse victims. His goal is to “stir the pot” and put pressure on church leadership to acknowledge predatory behavior. New York, NY. Feb. 9, 2022. Danielle Dawson for NY City Lens]
Advocates for sexual abuse survivors asked Cardinal Timothy Dolan, the archbishop of New York, to address the most recent saga in the Catholic Church’s series of abuse cover-up scandals.
Last month, four survivors of clergy sexual abuse accused Pope Benedict XVI of disregarding their reports. These incidents occurred while Benedict, 94, was Archbishop of Munich and Freising, Germany from 1977 to 1982, according to an independent report conducted by a German law firm. In a written
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