Madam, – The admission by the Pope’s brother Mgr Georg Ratzinger, head from 1964 to 1994 of a boys’ school choir, that he slapped boys around, but did it with a bad conscience, is shocking. Presumably, he had a bad conscience because he knew what he was doing was wrong, but did it anyway.
More seriously, he admits he was told “about what went on”, apparently referring to things worse than slapping , but it didn’t “dawn on him” to do something.
It is clear from the Pope’s memoirs the he and his brother were and are extremely close and in close contact often. What did the Pope know about this physical abuse of boys, when did he know it and what did he do about it?
As the chief supervisor of those with whom we entrust our children, the Pope should answer these questions now. – Yours, etc,