Wednesday, July 19, 2017

Hundreds of German choir boys abused over six decades - another church failing

At least 547 young members of the famous Regensburger Domspatzen boys choir in Germany were subjected to physical and in some instances sexual abuse over a period of 60 years, a new government report says.  The report accuses 49 members of the Catholic Church of carrying out the abuse between 1945 and the early 1990s.  Among those singled out for criticism in the report was former choirmaster Georg Ratzinger, elder brother of retired Pope Benedict XVI, who directed the choir for more than 30 years.

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