It didn't imbed well. It needs to be watched to the end to understand the crisis.
And while we are on the subject of the Catholic Church, I don't consider something that happened nearly four decades ago relevant to the Pope as he leads the church forward.
Pope Benedict is a good person. The issues of pedophilia are settled. The 1970s were a different time.
Asking him to step down is a horrible thing to do. The Cardinals that elected him had to know about what was occurring. We witnessed how ill prepared the Bishops were to handle the circumstances in Boston.
The tragedy that is pedophilia within the Catholic Church will go on for some time. There are some remote areas of the world where they have missions and I am quite confident there will be stories told about those as well someday.
The issue is a personal one between those involved and the church. The children that were molested need to file a suit against the church. The real issue is not so much about the pedophilia from so long ago, but, how the current parishoners are 'fairing' through all this. I know for a fact from people I know they want to leave the church and some of the anger is about the monies that have to be paid out.
So, I think Pope Benedict has his hands full in many ways. The Catholic Church needs to come to terms with celibacy and the dangers that it allowed to hide within their churches. I believe that is part of it.
The only problem I can see is that the church has rolled back its progress to return to orthodox ways that are out of step with modern times. Their problems are bigger than the past. The Catholic Church doesn't know how to live in the present with hopes for the future.
