Former pope was at meeting where paedophile priest was discussed

Pope Benedict XVI (Plinio Lepri/AP)

Retired Pope Benedict XVI has acknowledged that he did attend a 1980 meeting at which the transfer of a paedophile priest to his then-diocese was discussed, saying an editorial error was responsible for his previous assertion that he was not there.

Authors of a report on sexual abuse between 1945 and 2019 in the Munich archdiocese, which Benedict – then Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger – led from 1977 to 1982, on Thursday faulted his handling of four cases during his time as archbishop and said his claim that he was not at the meeting lacked credibility.