Abuse survivors demand canonical action against leading German bishop
December 12, 2022
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CWN Editor's Note: An advisory board of German sex-abuse survivors is demanding a canonical trial for Bishop Franz-Josef Bode, the vice president of the German bishops’ conference and of their Synodal Path.
A September report on the handling of abuse complaints in the Osnabrück diocese, which Bishop Bode has led since 1995, found “a more perpetrator-oriented than victim-oriented attitude.” Despite the ensuing criticism, Bishop Bode has said that he does not plan to resign.
The sex-abuse survivors’ group called upon Archbishop Stefan Hesse of Hamburg, the metropolitan archdiocese, to open an investigation of Bishop Bode under the terms of Vos Estis.
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