(FILES) This file photo taken on September 25, 2011 shows then Pope Benedict XVI (C) chatting with cardinal Friedrich Wetter (L), cardinal archbishop of Munich and Freising Reinhard Marx (R) and Archbishop of Freiburg and head of the German Bishops' Conference Robert Zollitsch (2nd L) during a lunch with members of the German Bishops' Conference (DBK) in Freiburg, southern Germany, on the last day of the Pontiff's first state visit to his native Germany. - Former pope Benedict XVI failed to stop four clergymen accused of child sex abuse in the Catholic Church in Munich, the law firm that carried out a key probe said on January 20, 2022. The ex-pontiff -- who was the archbishop of Munich and Freising from 1977 to 1982 -- has "strictly" denied any responsibility, said lawyer Martin Pusch of Westpfahl Spilker Wastl which was tasked by the church to carry out the probe. (Photo by Wolfgang RADTKE / POOL / AFP)