Sex Abuse Litigation

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Catholic Church in Germany

4 reports indexed, newest first.

January 2022

  1. Munich report finds Benedict XVI failed to act on abuse cases

    A law firm report commissioned by the Munich archdiocese said then-Archbishop Joseph Ratzinger mishandled four abuse cases in the 1970s and 1980s.

    Investigation Catholic Church abuse crisis (worldwide)Germany, BavariaReported by BBC News

September 2018

  1. German bishops' MHG study documents thousands of abuse cases

    A church-commissioned study found 3,677 children were abused by 1,670 clergy between 1946 and 2014 and that records had been destroyed or manipulated.

    Investigation Catholic Church abuse crisis (worldwide)Germany, HesseReported by The Guardian

March 2010

  1. German priest in abuse case tied to Ratzinger's Munich tenure is suspended

    The Munich archdiocese suspended a priest convicted of abuse in 1986 after it emerged he had been returned to pastoral work, a case dating to when the future Benedict XVI led the diocese.

    Allegation Catholic Church abuse crisis (worldwide)Germany, BavariaReported by The New York Times

February 2010

  1. Jesuit school abuse scandal spreads across Germany

    Admissions of past abuse at Berlin's Canisius College opened a wave of revelations at Catholic schools throughout Germany.

    Allegation Catholic Church abuse crisis (worldwide)Germany, BerlinReported by The Local