{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/b2fb5f0b-0ce7-4e5c-b6e0-9b1febd06aea/61fc651d6490610012ed7609?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"How the clerical sex abuse crisis reached the top of the Catholic Church","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/61409400444fd9068ff27e5f/1643037490667-975f74cae7c4f78c092e9dce4620e851.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Emeritus Pope Benedict&nbsp;XVI has been named by Munich investigators as a potential accessory to child abuse in a file made available to state prosecutors. It's after a law firm commissioned by the archdiocese of Munich and Freising to study its archives presented a report flagging 497 cases of clerical sexual abuse and 67 alleged perpetrators. The investigators highlighted four cases of abusing priests during the 94-year-old’s term as archbishop of Munich from 1977 to 1982.</p><p><br></p><p>Derek Scally, The Irish Times Berlin correspondent, and author of The Best Catholics in the World: The Irish, the Church and the End of a Special Relationship, reports on the story.</p><p><br></p><p>Presenter: Sorcha Pollak</p><p><br></p><p>Producer: Jennifer Ryan</p><p><br></p><p>www.irishtimes.com/podcasts </p><p><br></p><p><br></p>","author_name":"The Irish Times"}