crashed or fallen a short distance away in times square or into trump tower or radio city music hall or god forbid any number of other places and densely populated midtown. landing on a helipad in new york city became severely limited when this happened. the accident on top the pan-am building may 1977 killed five people. large commuter helicopter keeled over after its landing gear failed. one of its rotors flew up, pierced the side of the building, and then a piece of that blade killed a woman on the sidewalk of madison avenue down below. since then choppers take off and land from heliports on the hudson and east rivers, and they go in the drink fairly routinely. the 9/11 experience and other new restrictions over trump tower may have tightened new york s airspace which will now perhaps tighten again after this incident. that is our broadcast on this monday night as we start a new week. thank you so much for being here with us.
in germany, an archdiocese once overseen by now pope benedict xvi says a priest convicted in approximate 1986 of sexually abusing minors has been suspended for violating a condition that he not work with young people. our cnn senior vatican analyst, john allen, joins us now from denver. his biography of cardinal joseph ratzinger, now the pope, is titled the rise of benedict the xvith. what are these charges about, and how are they linked allegedly linked to the pope? hi, suzanne. well, here s what we know. pope benedict xvi served as the archbishop in munich from may 1977 to february 1982. during that time, a priest from another diocese in germany, who had been accused of molesting young men in that diocese, was sent to munich, that is the pope s diocese, for therapy that