Ratzinger's inaction = sheltering Sorry, but that's a false definition.
And it's doubly false, because he's done more about the problem than any other individual.
I'n not religious. I don't belong to any church, haven't been in a church in years. But, having studied religions for my own edification, I have come to the conclusion that the Catholic church is caught in a conundrum: On one hand, it is a church/religion that has as one of its foundation stones the acceptance of forgiveness. On another hand, it has a problem with pedophiles within its structure. On yet another hand, it has that thing about priests being bound by their tenets
not to expose the confessed sins of
anyone who comes to them and tells them about a wrong.
How does one reconcile these seemingly opposing values?