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From Reuters:\u00a0 Roman Catholic clerics in Germany sexually abused thousands of children over a 70-year period, Der Spiegel magazine reported on Wednesday, citing a study commissioned by the German Bishops\u2019 Conference. Der Spiegel said the study, conducted by three German universities, had revealed that 1,670 clerics and priests had sexually abused 3,677 minors, mostly males, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":132,"featured_media":290580,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[213,384],"class_list":["post-290577","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bishops","tag-catholic-sex-abuse-crisis","tag-germany"],"yoast_head":"\n
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