Topic: Germany
Judaism is making a comeback in Germany 65 years after the Holocaust, thanks largely to immigration from the ex-Soviet Union, as shown by the ordination in Leipzig this week of two rabbis. The ordination as Orthodox rabbis of the men originally from ...
Catholic priest in Germany charged with twice raping a 14-year-old girlGerman prosecutors say a Roman Catholic priest has been charged with twice raping a 14-year-old girl 20 years ago. Osnabrueck prosecution spokesman Alexander Retemeyer said on Tuesday the 50-year old man, then ...
More than 50,000 altar boys and girls Wednesday filled St. Peter's Square at the Vatican to hear Pope Benedict XVI speak at his general audience as part of an international pilgrimage. "All of this reminds me of the time when I was ...
German court sentences priest to a 10-month suspended sentence for sexually abusing girlsA court in southern Germany has convicted a Roman Catholic priest of sexually abusing three underage girls and handed him a suspended sentence of 10 months. The state court in ...
Germany's top bishop acknowledges mistakes in handling case of pedophile priestGermany's top Roman Catholic bishop on Friday acknowledged mistakes in dealing with allegations against a priest who is believed to have molested boys over more than two decades. Robert Zollitsch, Archbishop of ...
(Reuters) - Abuse revelations in Ireland have undermined the Church's authority and fractured trust, alienating committed believers as senior clergy have remained in their posts. Here are some details of major scandals in the Roman Catholic church around the world. * BELGIUM: ...
Former Germany bishop accused of misconduct agrees he was right to resignA former German bishop accused of physical abuse, alcoholism and sexual harassment has agreed to stand by his decision to resign. Germany's Augsburg diocese says it has reached a written agreement ...
BERLIN (Reuters) - The growing scandal over sexual abuse by Roman Catholic priests threatened Germany's top bishop who was charged on Wednesday with aiding and abetting a known abuser by allowing him to get a new job in a German parish. Robert ...
Pope Benedict XVI on Saturday accepted the resignation of a German bishop who admitted he beat children in a Catholic orphanage and also faces a paedophilia probe, the Vatican said. Walter Mixa, 69, had tendered his resignation as bishop of Augsburg and ...
Pope Benedict XVI on Saturday accepted the resignation of a German bishop who admitted he beat children in a Catholic orphanage and also faces a paedophilia probe, the Vatican said. Walter Mixa, 69, was the bishop of Augsburg in southern Germany and ...
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