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	13,293 Call Attempts Swamp Catholic Sex-abuse Help Line Winston-Salem Journal April 9, 2010 http://www2.journalnow.com/content/2010/apr/09/13293-call-attempts-swamp-catholic-sex-abuse-help-/ BERLIN -- The Roman Catholic Church's phone line for victims of sexual abuse in Germany was overwhelmed with calls last week, the telephone counseling service's first in operation. There were 13,293 attempts to get through to church psychologists and social workers over three days, according to Andreas Zimmer, the director of the counseling center at the Diocese of Trier, which is handling the nationwide free line. He said that employees handled 394 telephone consultations and a further 91 online.
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