Pope Benedict XVI failed to act over complaints during the 1990s about a priest in the US who is thought to have abused some 200 deaf boys, victims say. As head of the Vatican office dealing with sex abuses, the then Cardinal Ratzinger allegedly did not respond to letters from an archbishop on the case.
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A Church trial of the priest was halted after he wrote to Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger pleading ill health. The Vatican newspaper said the claims were an "ignoble" smear attempt.
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