i didn't know any of the background

of this particular story. it's so effing sad. it's so effing tragic. it's so effing immoral. in the eyes of the god of the catholic church, it's SUCH AN EFFING SIN (what the priests and higher ups did that is). how can they (including that ass head of the catholic league who claims it's a HOMO problem NOT a pedo problem. like i said ASS) not just deny it BUT TURN AROUND AND START BLAMING VICTIMS

How a Molesting Case Emerged Decades Later

By NICHOLAS KULISH

ESSEN, Germany — The case that has raised questions about the future pope’s handling of a pedophile priest in Germany came to light three decades after it occurred, and then almost by chance. It happened when Wilfried Fesselmann, an early victim, said he stumbled on Internet photographs of the priest who sexually abused him, still working with children.

Mr. Fesselmann, who had long remained silent about the abuse he suffered in 1979, said the pictures stunned him and spurred him to contact his abuser. Thus began the convoluted process, which included an extortion investigation against Mr. Fesselmann for the emotionally raw e-mail messages he sent the church in 2008 demanding compensation, that ultimately put Pope Benedict XVI in an uncomfortable spotlight..........

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Michael Kamber for The New York Times

Wilfried Fesselmann recently told his story of sexual abuse at the hands of a priest in 1979. The priest was transferred, but not formally suspended until last month.