German Catholics Continue To Leave The Church In Droves This Year.
In some regions, slightly fewer people have left the Catholic and Protestant churches than in previous years.
In Freiburg in south-west Germany, a region that was rocked by a sexual abuse scandal involving senior German prelate Robert Zollitsch – the number of people leaving the church fell, despite the controversy.
In April, Zollitsch was accused in an expert report on sexual abuse by clergy in Germany of failing to report cases to Rome during his time as archbishop of Freiburg. The Vatican has since opened an investigation into whether Zollitsch should face disciplinary proceedings.
Freiburg theologian and canon law expert Georg Bier told dpa that “those who leave the church out of disappointment with current developments have had sufficient reason to do so in the past and have long since taken this step.”
Source: Germany Today
