5,700 Acts Of Sexual Abuse Committed By German Catholic Priests: Report
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The diocese has official records on 610 abuse victims, according to the report by the University of Muenster -- around a third more than indicated by a previous study from 2018.
At least 600 young people were documented as having been abused by Catholic priests in the German diocese of Muenster, but the actual number of victims could be 10 times higher, a report published Monday said.
The diocese has official records on 610 abuse victims, according to the report by the University of Muenster -- around a third more than indicated by a previous study from 2018.
However, historian Natalie Powroznik, who was involved in the study, said the true number of victims could be much higher with "about 5,000 to 6,000 affected girls and boys" in the diocese.
At least 5,700 individual acts of sexual abuse had been committed by a total of 196 clergymen, including 183 priests, according to the report.
