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Bode defined that an interim report launched in September on abuse by clergy within the diocese had revealed his errors. He acknowledged his duty as a bishop and mentioned, “At present, I can solely ask all these affected once more for forgiveness.”
Abuse survivor teams have accused Bode of failing to reply appropriately to some circumstances of abuse, German information company dpa reported.
The top of the German Bishops’ Convention, Bishop Georg Baetzing, issued a press release that famous Bode’s resignation with “nice remorse and respect.”
Together with his resignation, Bode “additionally takes duty for the subject of sexual abuse within the church, which has accompanied … all of us for a very long time,” Baetzing mentioned.
“Your will to come back to phrases, to enhance the remedy of victims and perpetrators in your diocese, and in addition to result in systemic change in our church haven’t allow you to go since,” he added, addressing Bode instantly in his assertion..
A church-commissioned report on sexual abuse contained in the Catholic Church in Germany in 2018 mentioned 3,677 folks have been abused by clergy between 1946 and 2014. Greater than half of the victims have been 13 or youthful, and most have been boys. Each sixth case concerned rape, and not less than 1,670 clergy have been concerned.
Bode turned auxiliary bishop within the archdiocese of Paderborn in 1991, and had been bishop of Osnabrueck since 1995, making him Germany’s longest-serving energetic bishop.
