"Church Abuse Scandal in Germany Edges Closer to Pope" New York Times

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/13/world/europe/13pope.html?pagewanted=1&hp

NICHOLAS KULISH and RACHEL DONADIO
March 12, 2010
"BERLIN — A widening child sexual abuse inquiry in Europe has landed at the doorstep of Pope Benedict XVI, as a senior church official acknowledged Friday that a German archdiocese made “serious mistakes” in handling an abuse case while the pope served as its archbishop. "