Retired Pope Benedict XVI has published a letter which blames clerical sex abuse on the "all-out sexual freedom" of the 1960s.
He said in his letter address, that cultural and historical change of the sexual revolution led to a "dissolution" of morality in Catholicism. Leading to homosexuality and paedophilia in Catholic establishments. The former pope then claims the only solution to the problem of rampant sexual assault and abuse in the catholic church, was "obedience and love for our Lord Jesus Christ".
Vatican expert Joshua McElwee said in the National Catholic Reporter: this statement from the former pope, does not address the structural issues that abetted abuse cover-ups, or Benedict's own contested 24-year role as head of the Vatican's powerful doctrinal office.