Pope’s brother ‘would testify’

THE Pope’s brother has said in an interview that he would be willing to testify in the sex scandal rocking the Catholic Church in Germany, even though he knows nothing about the alleged abuse of a former choir boy.

Georg Ratzinger told Italian newspaper La Repubblica that it is in his interest that light be shed, even though the alleged abuse didn’t occur during his 30 years as head of the Regensburger Domspatzen choir.

The newspaper yesterday quoted the brother of Pope Benedict XVI as saying there was discipline when he ran the choir, but no climate of terror, as a former choir boy indicated.