It is completely undisputed that Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger, as Prefect of the Vatican Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, did more than any other Curia cardinal to drain the swamp of abuse in the Catholic Church to some extent.
However, almost twenty years elapsed between his arrival in Rome and his decisive intervention with Pope John Paul II.
On the other hand, it is still disputed whether Ratzinger, during his time as archbishop of Munich and Freising, gave his consent to the use of the pedophile priest Peter H., who had been taken over from the diocese of Essen, in pastoral care.
His advisors don't think that's possible, but the experts at the Munich law firm WSW do.
It is now completely undisputed that Ratzinger was present at the meeting in which the decision to accept that priest was made.
The future Pope Benedict XVI, who to this day has the reputation that nothing leaves his desk unchecked, had strongly denied this fact with his signature to WSW.
Now a small group of "friends" are said to be to blame for the "accident".
They would really be “selfless” (O-Ton Benedikt) if they hadn't even asked him, they say, and hadn't noticed that in 2010 nobody denied that Ratzinger was present at the time.
If you have friends like that, you don't need opponents.