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German archbishop resigns after independent abuse report

News: Germany

The Pillar
Mar 18, 2021
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The Archbishop of Hamburg has offered his resignation to Pope Francis after being named in an 800 page independent report into clerical abuse in the Archdiocese of Cologne. Archbishop Stefan Hesse served for years as vicar general of the Cologne archdiocese, before being made Archbishop of Hamburg in 2015. 

The report, published Thursday, is the largest …

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