Since the American media can't seem to utter the word Christianity without also mentioning the priest sexual abuse scandal in North America it is reasonable that they would ask Pope Benedictine about it on his flight to America...
They did not disappoint.
I found is answer satisfactory. More importantly I believe him.
"It is a great suffering for the Church in the United States and for the church in general and for me personally that this could happen," Benedict said. "It is difficult for me to understand how it was possible that priests betray in this way their mission ... to these children."
"I am deeply ashamed and we will do what is possible so this cannot happen again in the future," the pope said.
Benedict pledged that pedophiles would not be priests in the Catholic Church.
"We will absolutely exclude pedophiles from the sacred ministry," Benedict said in English. "It is more important to have good priests than many priests. We will do everything possible to heal this wound."
And now comes the real test - eradicating all the pro-homosexual-behavior instructors at the Catholic Universities and Seminaries in the U.S. to effect this outcome.
Let's be clear - the "priest sex abuse scandal" is in large majority measure - a homosexual problem (something never really mentioned in the media.)
Homosexuals manipulating and taking advantage of younger boys and passing on the the perverseness of their carnal pleasure to unsuspecting young men who only wanted to serve God and their church.
Fortunately from what I can tell of Benedict he seems like the kind of clear mind that will do what is necessary...