Update:
The Huff Post reports that;
Last Sunday Pope Benedict XVI, told 75,000 Catholics in a pre recorded video message, that the issue of child abuse by priests was " mystery"
VATICAN CITY -- Pope Benedict XVI told Irish Catholics on Sunday it is a mystery why priests and other church officials abused children entrusted in their care, undermining faith in the church "in an appalling way."The real mystery in all of this is why the hierarchy of this Church still fails to come out and admit that it covered up and contributed to years of child abuse by it's paedophile members, with the additional mystery of why so many people continue to support such a corrupt entity?
My original post on this is here