Bavaria: a deacon accused of raping a 15-year-old girl

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In Bavaria reportedly raped a 65-year-old Catholic deacon and a 15-year-old minister. A corresponding complaint was filed in early November in the district court of Munich, said Thursday the prosecutor of the Republic in Munich I. The clergyman would have spent a trip to Nuremberg at the age of 15 in May 2015, according to investigators' accusations.

The German Catholic Church has been trying for years to fight badual abuse in its own ranks. The Bishops' Conference published a comprehensive study at the end of September. Thus, between 1946 and 2014, at least 1,670 religious abused 3,677 minors.

In addition, the scientists to whom the study had entrusted the study identified problematic structures within the Catholic Church that could foster abuse – such as the controversial priests' commitment to celibacy (celibacy) and pronounced clerical power. clergy.

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In early November, it was learned that six lawyers had filed a lawsuit against a stranger because of more than 3,600 cases of abuse committed in the Catholic Church. The lawyers lodged a complaint with the district prosecutor's office of the 27 Catholic bishoprics for badual and serious abuse. They want to give impetus to investigations, said Pbadau Criminal Law Professor Holm Putzke.

Advertising is currently under review, it was said about the authorities of Freiburg, Osnabrück and Würzburg. In Cologne and Regensburg, prosecutors were, according to their own information, regardless of the announcement already concerned with the examination of a first suspicion.

The lawyers had argued that the study of abuses commissioned by the Episcopal Conference had provided "sufficient factual evidence" of the crime. The question of prescription in this area is not simple.