Did Benedict XVI act out of concern for victims, (after decades of abuse) and published works), concerns to control massive amounts of money the group massed or to save the church and some inside from the consequences of their actions (or a combination of the above)?

A couple of notable comments in the article on this "nest of sexual abusers, sancioned by the Vatican" The link to the article is at the end.


"Given so much evidence, Benedict XVI, upon arriving at the papacy, ordered Maciel to leave Rome, return "to a life dedicated to prayer and penance" in Mexico and give up any form of public ministry, thus saving the priest from an ecclesiastical trial and especially from civil trials. The institutions of the top Catholic hierarchy and Mexican politics managed to protect Maciel while continuing to ignore the victims".....

....."Maciel's death won't put an end to the scandal. What is needed is to get inside his organization to see just how far it was complicit in and abetted the crimes of pederasty, drug use, absolution for accomplices and others, although in 2001 then-Cardinal Ratzinger established a 10-year statute of limitations for the latter crime".


http://www.envio.org.ni/articulo/4016