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German Church Abuse Victim Faults Pope, Demands Compensation

AP | JUERGEN BAETZ | Posted 05.25.2011

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GELSENKIRCHEN, Germany — A German man who says a priest sexually abused him as an altar boy is demanding an apology from Pope Benedict XVI and c...

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German Church Abuse Hot Line Gets Nearly 2,700 Callers In 3 Days

AP | JUERGEN BAETZ | Posted 05.25.2011

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BERLIN — Nearly 2,700 people have called the church's sexual abuse hot line in Germany in the first three days it was operating, a Catholic chur...

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Felix Genn, German Bishop, Attacked During Easter service

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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MUENSTER, Germany — Police say a man attacked the Roman Catholic Bishop of Muenster with a broom handle during an Easter service in the city's c...

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Walter Mixa, German Bishop, Accused Of Brutally Beating Orphaned Girls

Times London | Roger Boyes | Posted 05.25.2011

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One of the Pope's closest conservative allies in Germany, Bishop Walter Mixa, has been accused of brutally beating and flogging children in his care. ...

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Georg Ratzinger, Pope's Brother, Linked To Child Abuse Scandal Rocking Church In Germany

Posted 05.25.2011

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Jerome Taylor, The Independent A series of allegations in Germany and Holland have plunged the Catholic Church into a renewed crisis over how it has ...

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Margot Kaessmann, German Protestant Leader, Quits After DUI Incident

AP | GEIR MOULSON | Posted 05.25.2011

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BERLIN — Germany's top Protestant cleric resigned on Wednesday after she was caught driving with a blood-alcohol level three times the legal lim...

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Margot Kaessmann, Head Of German Church, Charged With Drunk Driving

Posted 05.25.2011

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Bishop Margot Kaessmann, the controversial head of Germany's Protestant Church, has been arrested for drunk driving. Kaessmann, appointed the church'...

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