Of course it was the pope for allowing the bishops to aid and cover for the priests...And some of the bishops were guilty of the crimes as well...
Bishops are given autonomy over their diocese, and could have removed this priest at any time.
The fact that Weakland was a homosexual in his own personal relationship at the time is telling.
When Ratizenger was cardinal he was in charge of the Congregation of the Faith, they would only address a priests actions if they were involved in false teachings. The Congregation of Priests, a completely different organization within the Catholic Church) handles issues having to do with priests conduct.
This matter would not even come before B16 when he was a Cardinal.
Oh please, the Pope can’t be everywhere.
It’s like telling the police they have to be at every stop sign in a city, and the city has a thousand stop signs.
People like you play right in the NYTimes hands. They are laughing at you.