Senior German bishop mishandled abuse cases, says report
The deputy chairman of the German bishops' conference said he accepts responsibility for failings.
A senior German bishop said Tuesday that he has accepted responsibility for failings highlighted in an interim study of his diocese’s handling of abuse cases.
Bishop Franz-Josef Bode reacted with dismay on Sept. 20 to the findings of a 600-page report addressing allegations of sexual abuse and misconduct since 1945 in the Diocese of Osnabrück.
Bode, who h…