Ex-Pope Benedict admits to false testimony in German sex abuse case

• Pope Benedict had said he did not recall being in a 1980 meeting to discuss an abuser priest, Reuters reports.

What he's saying: Archbishop Georg Gänswein, Pope Benedict's personal secretary, said Monday that the retired pope did attend the meeting, adding that the omission "was the result of an oversight in the editing of the statement" and "not done out of bad faith," per Reuters.

• Gänswein said that during the 1980 meeting, there was no actual decision about a new assignment for the priest.
• Pope Benedict "is very sorry for this mistake and asks to be excused," Gänswein said.

What we're watching: Pope Benedict will address the entire 2,000-page report after he's done "carefully" reading it, Gänswein said. Due to the former pope's age, 94, the review "will take some time."

Don't forget: The report commissioned by the Catholic Church found that clergy in Germany abused at least 3,677 people between 1946 and 2014. Most of the victims were 13 or younger, and nearly a third were altar boys, according to AP.