Somehow I knew it was all our fault

[ex-khobar Andy]

From the Beeb:

Ex-Pope Benedict XVI blames 1960s revolution for sex abuse

Retired Pope Benedict XVI has published a letter which blames clerical sex abuse on the "all-out sexual freedom" of the 1960s.

The former pontiff said the sexual revolution had led to homosexuality in Catholic establishments.

He said paedophilia did not become "acute" until the late 1980s and was caused by "absence of God".

The only solution was "obedience and love for our Lord Jesus Christ," the former Pope said.

Published in the German Catholic magazine Klerusblatt, the 5,500-word letter is divided into three parts.

The first part laments the 1960s as a time when "previously normative standards regarding sexuality collapsed entirely".

Next, the letter examines how the sexual revolution affected priests, creating "homosexual cliques" in seminaries.

The letter concludes with the solution that "we ourselves once again begin to live by God and unto Him".

[Big RR]

Glad he's an ex-pope and not infallibly speaking for god.