Edited sentence: However, supporters of Cardinal Ratzinger posit that the letter did not expressly discourage victims from reporting the abuse itself to the police, but rather the secrecy related to the internal investigation.It had, in fact, been available on the Vatican website since 2003.See also: Roman Catholic Church sex abuse scandal.Some claim that this was an attempt to obstruct justice.When the cardinal was made pope as Benedict XVI in April, 2005, some journalists discovered this letter, which was widely reported on as a recently-obtained "confidential" document