Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI will give evidence in court against a civil claim that he was negligent in his handling of a clerical abuse case in Germany.
Benedict, former Archbishop of Munich and Freising, is expected to submit a written testimony in defence of his treatment of Fr Peter Hullerman, a priest who continued to abuse boys after Church authorities received complaints about him.
Lawyers representing a man who says he was abused by the priest as a 12-year-old say the Archdiocese of Munich allowed Hullerman to transfer from a diocese in the north west of Germany even though it was alerted to allegations that he had sexually assaulted an 11-year-old boy there.
