[RegulatorCountry]

If your Pope Benedict could even be blackmailed, that points to a serious problem. Was he better than the current pope? Appears to have been. But, all is not right with Benedict if he was blackmailed.

[independentmind]

You are assuming that someone can only be blackmailed if his or her own conduct is questionable. That is not correct.

Someone can also be blackmailed if he or she is trying to protect the reputation of someone else.

[Jaded]

Maybe but there are some accusations that don’t require proof. Look at the US.

[Jaded]

I was thinking about this. Maybe the blackmail was not about Benedict personally, but since it could possibly be driven by Americans, it was about the American churches.

Truth does not matter to Podesta, et al.