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Former Pope Benedict XVI penned a lengthy letter that blames the "all-out sexual freedom" of the 1960s for ongoing scandals involving sexual abuse by priests.

  The Hill

Benny should maybe be letting sleeping dogs lie. He's not innocent.

Benedict, who resigned as pope in 2013, argued in a column translated for the National Catholic Register that social upheaval in the 1960s led to wider acceptance of pedophilia.

He wrote that "the question of pedophilia ... did not become acute until the second half of the 1980s" and arose because of "the absence of God."

Sure, the 60s were accepting of pedophilia. Whatever you say, Benny. And just where did god go in the 80s? And why?

"Part of the physiognomy of the Revolution of ’68 was that pedophilia was then also diagnosed as allowed and appropriate," he added later.

By whom, Benny? Who the fuck thought it was appropriate? You?

Benedict, who will turn 92 next week, further claimed that concurrent with the sexual revolution, Catholic theology saw a “collapse that rendered the Church defenseless against these changes in society.”

Jesus wept. Priest pedophilia did not begin in the 60s. It was "allowed" by the church for centuries. The secret got out in the 80s.

In the essay, he blames the Second Vatican Council, which introduced various reforms to Catholic theology, for a “far-reaching breakdown” of traditional priesthood culture and claims it led to the establishment of “homosexual cliques” in seminaries.

Bullshit, Benny. And you know it. Homosexuals and not inherently child molesters, and you were part of the cover-up. Also, I would be totally unsurprised to learn that you were one of the molesters.

Benedict served as head of the Vatican’s doctrinal office from 1982 to 2005, during which time the first major revelations of clerical abuse were reported by The Boston Globe in the early 2000s.

Several theologians blasted Benedict’s comments after they were published Wednesday.

I should hope so.

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.