The pope on pedophilia: Ratzinger seems in denial about pedophile priests. He's actively covered up investigations into accusations of abuse, once even slapping a reporter's hand in anger over being questioned about one such case. And he's made statements suggesting that the scandal has more to do with trumped-up charges by the media than clergy who have been fondling and raping young boys. In 2002, he said:

In the United States, there is constant news on this topic, but less than 1% of priests are guilty of acts of this type. The constant presence of these news items does not correspond to the objectivity of the information nor to the statistical objectivity of the facts.

Therefore, one comes to the conclusion that it is intentional, manipulated, that there is a desire to discredit the Church. It is a logical and well-founded conclusion.