Let's see if that's the case:
In 2001, in his role as chief Inquisitor, Ratzinger authored the letter “Crimen Sollicitationis”
Strike one. Crimen Sollicitationis was written by Cardinal Ottaviani in 1962. As of 2001, it is no longer in effect, being replaced by Pope John Paul II's Sacramentorum sanctitatis tutela. Cardinal Raztinger authored De delictis gravioribus in 2001. It says nothing about victim secrecy.
He re-affirmed that anyone taking complaints outside the church (say, to local police authorities or parents) would be excommunicated.
Strike two. The secrecy was required of the members of the tribunal, not the victims.
"The document dealt exclusively with the procedure to be followed in connection with a denunciation to the ecclesiastical authority of a priest guilty of solicitation in Confession or of similar acts. It imposed secrecy about the conduct of the ecclesiastical trial, not allowing, for instance, statements made during the trial by witnesses or by the accused to be published. But it did not in any way impose silence on those who were victims of the priest's conduct or who had learned of it in ways unconnected with the ecclesiastical trial.
"These matters are confidential only to the procedures within the Church, but do not preclude in any way for these matters to be brought to civil authorities for proper legal adjudication. The Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People of June, 2002, approved by the Vatican, requires that credible allegations of sexual abuse of children be reported to legal authorities."[6]
Some interpret the secrecy about the procedure as a cover-up of scandalous conduct. This view was presented in a BBC documentary film Sex Crimes and the Vatican.[7] of 1 October 2006.
Others see it as aimed rather at the protection of all involved, the accused, the victim/denouncer and the witnesses, before the verdict was passed: "It allows witnesses to speak freely, accused priests to protect their good name until guilt is established, and victims to come forward who don’t want publicity. Such secrecy is also not unique to sex abuse. It applies, for example, to the appointment of bishops."[8]
Ratzinger was then accused in a lawsuit of conspiring to cover up the sexual molestation of three boys by Roman Catholic clergy in Texas, but he quickly asked President Bush for diplomatic immunity against prosecution which was granted.
Strike three. That's like accusing President Bush of war crimes for civilian casualties in Baghdad - pure political theater, for those who like that kind of thing.
In short, your information is incorrect and/or malicious agitprop. Nothing of substance at all.
For some the only way to look tall is to stand next to short people. When no one shorter can be found they try to make the tall ones stand in a hole they have made for them. Its all so sociopathic and pitiful.
Cardinal Raztinger authored De delictis gravioribus in 2001.
Which was simply a slight revision of Crimen Sollicitationis. If anything, it was even more stultifying than the original.
It says nothing about victim secrecy.
Of course it does. It's very reason for being was secrecy.
The secrecy was required of the members of the tribunal, not the victims.
That's the logic of Rome -- deflection by omission. Secrecy was required of the victims and of anyone making the claim. That means the victim had to ONLY approach the church with his accusations, not the police, school authorities, or even his family. The same secrecy was imposed on the victim's family under threat of excommunication.
That's like accusing President Bush of war crimes for civilian casualties in Baghdad - pure political theater, for those who like that kind of thing.
Theater? It's that kind of willful ignorance of the facts that permits this tragedy to continue unabated. The pope was rightly accused of a cover-up because he was hiding decades of sexual abuse by pederast priests all over the globe.
He was not exonerated. He plead diplomatic immunity and the case could not go forward.
malicious agitprop
Protect your children. God punishes those who would destroy them.