After the death of Benedict XVI: the district court in Traunstein no longer wants to hear the lawsuit
Created: 12/31/2022, 6:05 p.m
By: Stefanie Fischhaber
After the death of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI.
the lawsuit will no longer be heard before the Traunstein district court.
© Federico Gambarini/ dpa
Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI.
is dead. A lawsuit has only been filed against the cleric in court.
The district court in Traunstein no longer wants to hear the lawsuit.
Traunstein - Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI died at the age of 95.
on New Year's Eve morning (December 31).
In addition to church representatives, high-ranking politicians such as Olaf Scholz and Emmanuel Macron also expressed their dismay at his death.
Nevertheless, even after the death of Benedict XVI.
there were critical voices about the former pope - also because of his role in the Munich abuse scandal.
It will no longer be heard in court.
Joseph Ratzinger accused in the district court of Traunstein in the Munich abuse scandal
Joseph Ratzinger, like Benedict XVI.
with a real name means accused of being guilty of the Munich abuse scandal.
He is accused, for example, of having brought the repeat offender Priest H. into the parish service despite allegations of abuse.
Benedict XVI
had always denied the allegations.
"He is responsible for the fact that reports about sexualized violence from all over the world were filed in the Vatican and at the same time hidden from the secular judiciary," said Matthias Katsch, spokesman for the "Eckiger Tisch" victims' initiative.
Pope Benedict XVI
deceased: court case will not be heard
The role that Ratzinger played in the case of the priest H. should actually concern the district court of Traunstein in the coming year.
There, a person affected filed a lawsuit against the alleged perpetrator H., the Archdiocese of Munich and Freising and the former bishops Cardinal Friedrich Wetter and Ratzinger.
The lawsuit is about determining the extent to which those responsible for the diocese are guilty.
As reported by the
Süddeutsche Zeitung
, a court spokeswoman said that the lawsuit against Benedict XVI.
is no longer negotiated.
"Since we are not the Last Judgment, the procedure would then be over with regard to him," the spokeswoman is quoted as saying.
(sf with dpa)