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A detailed report on sexualized violence in the Catholic diocese of Osnabrück in Germany has identified more than 400 victims since 1945. “It is clear that there is a large dark field – the highest estimate is 10 times this number,” legal scholar Hans Schulte-Nölke said on Wednesday while presenting the final report. During this period, around 3,000 clerics were employed in the diocese. Of these, 4.1% have been accused of wrongdoing. This figure corresponds to the findings in other dioceses in Germany and abroad, said Schulte-Nölke. The alleged acts cover the entire spectrum of sexualized viol…

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