Archbishop ColoniaIn Germany, awarded damages 300,000 euros (5 million 574 thousand 120) to a man Repeatedly sexually abused by a Catholic priest In the 1970s.

The victim, aged 62, would have suffered Over 300 abuses in the hands of the pastor.

the court Coloniain the west GermanyCondemn the archbishop, the place where the priest presides, pay 300,000 euros A court spokesman pointed out that the victim and, in the event of psychological harm, undertake possible future treatment.

Victim seeks compensation 750,000 euros. The decision is still subject to appeal.

The archbishop did not question the fact that the priest was to blame, nor did he try to argue that they had prescribed it.

To date, victims of such abuse have been Germany The total value received is approx. 40 million eurosof which 28 million will be in 2022 alone.

According to a university survey submitted in 2018, at least 3,000,677 minors were in Germany Sexual violence committed by clergy between 1946 and 2014.

However, the actual number is thought to be much higher because the study authors did not have access to all the documents.

Since then, independent investigations have been launched by all German dioceses in an attempt to ascertain the extent of the scourge.

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