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	Catholics in Bavaria Shaken Region Where Sex-Abuse Scandal Hits Close to Home Faces a Crisis of Confidence By Vanessa Fuhrmans Wall Street Journal March 22, 2010 http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704454004575135873010410654.html?mod=WSJ_hp_editorsPicks REGENSBURG, Germany — Europe's widening sexual-abuse scandal has shaken Catholics across Pope Benedict XVI's native Germany, but perhaps nowhere as much as in Bavaria, the country's Catholic heartland where some of the most sensitive allegations have emerged. In Germany, where hundreds of allegations of decades-old abuse have come to light since January and engulfed 22 of 27 Roman Catholic dioceses, the Catholic Church faces its worst crisis in post-World War II history. Polls show a majority of Germans believe the scandal has undermined the church's credibility, and recent government data suggest the revelations have sparked an increase in Germans leaving the church, ...
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