Priest sends open letter to German cardinal begging him to uphold Catholic teaching on homosexuality
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credible. they had the minutes of the meeting which suggested he was there. this was a big problem on thursday. whether or not the pope was lying about being at this meeting. aside from the fact that he is admitting he was at the meeting because of this editing error, at the meeting they discussed whether or not this priest should receive therapy in munich. they didn t discuss putting him back into ministry . they say he needs time to go through the rest of the report. he said he will give a more detailed explanation about this case and the other three cases in the coming days. the report, brianna, is 1,800 pages. it s quite long. it s quite dense. and it doesn t just involve the pope emeritus. it involves a sitting cardinal, cardinal marx. he, too, says he will respond to the report on thursday.
pope emeritus, which obviously he participated in and gave his written testimony about what he knew about the cases and maintaining that he did not mishandle anything. but clearly there is a lot of detail that still needs to be combed through. another important finding has to do with the current archbishop of munich, cardinal marx. he is a good friend and advisor to pope francis. he s the man who commissioned the report in the first place. he has also been found to have mishandled two cases during his tenure. anderson? is pope benedict pushing back at all about what came out in this report? and how s the vatican reacting? reporter: well, we had a statement from pope benedict today by his personal secretary expressing as you mentioned his pain and shame with regard to sexual abuse on the part of priests. and in particular with regard to this report he said that he will be reading it with due attention in the coming days.
report is there is a dark side, and this will continue to be advisable in the history of our church. reporter: he was asked about the role of pope benedict xvi and he said that the pope will be responding. he wants to clarify this and that he deserves the opportunity to respond. and also, alisyn, cardinal marx said he is not going to resign for the moment. that is something he tried to do last year in the wake of other sex abuse scandals in germany. he offered his resignation to pope francis and the pope declined to accept it. the cardinal said today that he will be staying on in his role as long as he can be helpful. alisyn, victor? thank you. president biden reaffirms his pledge to nominate a black woman to the supreme court. now that justice breyer announced he s retiring, we have fresh angles on this developing story. stay with us. .demands a lotio.
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