Following the revelation of thousands of cases of sexualized violence in the Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD), the Commissioner for Abuse has spoken out in favour of binding rules for recognition payments. “Whether the abuse experienced can ever be made up for – and if so, how – is something that those affected can only decide for themselves,” Kerstin Claus told Germany’s Funke media group newspapers in remarks published on Friday. “I think it’s very good that the Hessian regional church has set a basic amount of €20,000 ($21,761) for those affected by abuse; in many places it’s only €5,000…