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“His family asks that we continue those prayers for his full and speedy recovery,” the priest said, “and they are grateful to God for the exceptional medical care the cardinal has received from the dedicated doctors and nurses who continue to assist him.”įather Check did not give the cardinal's location. “His sister spoke with him on the phone this morning, and His Eminence expressed his deep gratitude for the many prayers offered on his behalf.” “Praised be Jesus Christ,” the priest said. He has been returned to a regular hospital room, according to the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in La Crosse.įather Paul Check, executive director of the shrine in Cardinal Burke's home diocese, relayed an announcement about the cardinal from his family on the cardinal's official Twitter account and on the shrine website. The actual number of cases of church sex abuse in Germany is likely much larger, as not all victims reported abuse and the study was restricted from accessing documents in other Catholic institutions, including children's homes and schools.Cardinal Raymond Burke remains hospitalised for Covid-19 but has been taken off the ventilator that he had been on for some days and is out of intensive care. There were at least 3,677 individual victims, most of whom were boys. The study found that some 1,670 clerics, mostly priests, were accused of committing sexual abuse between 19. In 2018, the German Bishop's Conference presented a nationwide study about abuse perpetuated by church leaders and staff against minors. The accusations against one of Germany's most prominent church leaders come amid a global reckoning with abuse in the Catholic Church. Woelki's predecessor, the now-deceased Cardinal Joachim Meisner, is also accused of failing to send a report on the abuse to the Vatican. The archdiocese told the paper that the Woelki tried to investigate the accusation, but that a preliminary probe was difficult owing to the frail health of the accused priest and the victim's decision not to cooperate in the investigation. The victim was later compensated €15,000 ($18,175) in recognition of his suffering in 2011.Īccording to the Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger report, Woelki decided not to take action against the priest after reviewing the personnel files in 2015. In 2010, a victim contacted the archdiocese of Cologne, saying the priest sexually abused him while he was a child in the late 1970s. The case concerns a priest in Düsseldorf who died in 2017 with whom Woelki worked with when he was younger as a deacon. Under the Catholic Church's canon law, reports of such allegations must be sent to the Vatican. To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video
Woelki is accused of failing to inform the Vatican about a sexual abuse allegation involving a priest after the cardinal took office as the Archbishop of Cologne in 2014.Ĭologne archbishop criticized over abuse report The cardinal is facing backlash for refusing to publish the results of a report on sexual abuse within the archdiocese of Cologne. Separately, the Bishop of Münster Felix Genn is also reviewing whether a church investigation should be launched against Woelki. His statement confirmed an earlier report by local newspaper the Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger. This also includes me," the cardinal added. "The fact remains: failures in dealing with sexual violence must be disclosed, regardless of the person against whom they were made.
"In order to clarify the canonical accusations against me, I am asking the Holy Father to examine this matter," Woelki said in a statement issued by the archdiocese of Cologne. Facing accusations of covering up an alleged sexual abuse case, Cardinal Rainer Maria Woelki asked Pope Francis on Friday to investigate.
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