Ratzinger specialized in investigating crimes against children.
I didn't recognize him when he became Pope. The only reason he stuck in my mind at all was because he wore red, and would always pop in unannounced. Mom would spot him walking up the sidewalk and go into a instant panic.
He said his visit with my mother were for "council"? His words, not mine…
He wasn't a warm person, he always insisted we (children) leave so he and mom could talk and no, nothing inappropriate. They would converse in plain view on the back porch and it was glassed in. Each in their respective rocking chairs talking.
Looking back on it, we found letters between Pope John Paul II and mom regarding the perversion of catechism that was going on.
I wonder if he was assisting her, investigating her claims (he was basically a priest/lawyer) or who knows.