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Pope refuses to accept resignation of German cardinal over sex abuse scandal

German Cardinal Reinhard Marx offered to resign as archbishop of Munich and Freising over the church’s mishandling of abuse cases

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Jun 10th 2021, 1:28 PM

German cardinal resigns over Church's 'failure' in abuse scandal

Criticising colleagues who “refuse to believe there is a shared responsibility in this respect”, Reinhard Marx said the Church is at “a dead end”.

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Jun 4th 2021, 12:13 PM

Germany's Catholic Church has apologised for 'failing' to deal with sexual abuse and 'the pain' it caused

A new report by the Church in Germany showed that nearly 3,700 minors were assaulted between 1946 and 2014.

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Sep 25th 2018, 10:44 PM