No. Those in the media making the allegations demonstrate that they have no idea how the Church handles internal investigations. Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger’s letter was a public document, readily available for quite some time on the Vatican’s own web site, and so could not possibly have been intended to derail a sex-abuse inquiry. For analysis of media reports on the story, please see the links recommended below.
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