Leading German bishop to stay in post despite damning report

The deputy chairman of the German bishops’ conference acknowledged that he had ‘acted negligently in some cases.’

A leading German bishop said on Thursday that he will remain in office despite a damning report on the handling of abuse cases in his diocese.

Bishop Franz-Josef Bode told journalists at a press conference on Sept. 22 that he had discussed whether to resign as bishop of Osnabrück, northwestern Germany, with the safeguarding expert Fr. Hans Zollner, S.J.

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