The Vatican says it supports efforts in a German diocese to shed light on a sexual abuse scandal in a choir once led by Pope Benedict XVI's brother.The Vatican said Saturday that the "main reason of the church's clarification is to render justice to possible victims."
It said it was backing the Regensburg Diocese in its "willingness to analyze the painful question in a decisive and open way."
The statement was published in the Vatican newspaper, L'Osservatore Romano.
The Regensburg Diocese said this week that a former member claims he was abused while singing with Germany's leading Roman Catholic boys' choir.
The choir was led for 30 years by the Rev. Georg Ratzinger, the pope's brother.
Ratzinger told a German public radio he did not know of any abuse cases at the choir.
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