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Over 2,200 people victim of sexual abuse by German church staff (www.euronews.com)

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The authors of the report estimate that at least 3,500 people have committed sexual abuse and say that the figures are only "the tip of the tip of the iceberg".

At least 1,259 people working for the Protestant Church of Germany have committed sexual abuse in the last decades and at least 2,225 victims were affected by the abuse according to an independent report published Thursday.

The findings are drawn from an examination of documents and records from regional churches and the Lutherans' diaconal relief and social welfare organisation, Diakonie.

The authors of the report estimate that the actual number of perpetrators is likely to be much higher, with nearly 3,500 people who have committed sexual abuse, German news agency dpa reported.

Martin Wazlawik from Hannover University, who oversaw the study on sexualised violence in the Protestant Church in Germany, described the disclosed figures as "the tip of the tip of the iceberg."

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[-] theamigan@lemmy.dynatron.me 8 points 9 months ago

Clergy are in a position of authority over these victims. Religion is a power structure and as they say, "power corrupts." That's all there is to it. It would seem to be that it takes a special kind of person to want to be clergy, and that person is very corruptible. The religious teachings themselves hardly figure into it.

[-] fastandcurious@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

I am pretty sure that in the books, it is mentioned that God is not afraid to punish anyone, and that all the rules are applicable to every person. They don’t change for a common man or a clergy or even the pope

I am pretty sure these ‘churches’ have just become a place for people higher in power to get away with crimes and squeeze money from people, not a place of worship they are supposed to be, don’t quote me on this tho, I have never been in a church, I wonder what people who actually follow what their faith says do.. In fact I remember a news recently that a church was being closed because it offered ppl shelter or something like that

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