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	Head of Germany's Catholic Bishops Denounces Church's Failures in Handling Abuse Cases TODAY online April 2, 2010 http://www.todayonline.com/BreakingNews/EDC100402-0000174/Head-of-Germanys-catholic-bishops-denounces-churchs-failures-in-handling-abuse-cases BERLIN (AP) - The head of Germany's Roman Catholic bishops has denounced past failures and mistakes in the church's handling of abuse cases. Archbishop Robert Zollitsch of Freiburg said in a statement released Friday that the news about sexual and physical abuse of children by priests leave the church with "sadness, horror and shame." The dean of the German bishops' conference added that clerics neglected helping the victims by a "wrongly intended desire to protect the church's reputation." Zollitsch said the church now has to face this painful reality. He said, "Wounds were inflicted that are hardly curable." The bishop called on all priests in his diocese to pray during the Good Friday service for abuse victims whose bodies and souls were hurt within the church's community.
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