This file photo taken on February 27, 2013 shows then Pope Benedict XVI blessing faithful before leaving the altar at the end of his last weekly audience at St Peter's square at the Vatican. AFP PHOTO
This file photo taken on February 27, 2013 shows then Pope Benedict XVI blessing faithful before leaving the altar at the end of his last weekly audience at St Peter's square at the Vatican. AFP PHOTO

VATICAN CITY: The Vatican Wednesday defended ex-pope Benedict XVI, who was accused last week of knowingly failing to stop the sexual abuse of minors by four priests in the 1980s when he was archbishop of Munich.

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