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Benedict woes come as German church reform pressure rises
Read full article: Benedict woes come as German church reform pressure risesA report on decades of sexual abuse in Germany that shone an unflattering spotlight on retired Pope Benedict XVI has come on top of already strong pressure in Germany to reconsider Catholic rules on issues including homosexuality and women’s roles.
Report on sexual abuse in German diocese faults retired pope
Read full article: Report on sexual abuse in German diocese faults retired popeA long-awaited report on sexual abuse in Germany’s Munich diocese has faulted retired Pope Benedict XVI’s handling of cases when he was archbishop in the 1970s and 1980s.
French report: 330,000 children victims of church sex abuse
Read full article: French report: 330,000 children victims of church sex abuseVictims of sex abuse within France’s Catholic Church have welcomed a new report that says an estimated 330,000 children were sexually abused over the past 70 years.
'Dead end': German cardinal offers to quit over church abuse
Read full article: 'Dead end': German cardinal offers to quit over church abuseA leading German cardinal and confidant of Pope Francis has offered to resign over the church’s mishandling of clergy sexual abuse scandals and declared that the church had arrived at “a dead end.”.