And yet, the person people that deal with a lot of sexual abuse victims most often say was shielding pedophiles...is not Ratzinger but JPII.
So where does this article come from? Strictly accusations from the NYT (Which accuses every religious person of every foul thing imaginable)?
Defending some one not particularly accused of the bad behavior in question.
The abuse skyrocketed under the VII popes and plummeted under the post VII popes. One may draw whatever conclusions from that observation they like. There is ample evidence that homosexual clergy exploded primarily under Paul VI, and with it, pederasty.