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A report published in Germany reveals that between 1945 and 2020, 196 pastors sexually assaulted at least 600 young people in the Catholic diocese of Minister.
According to the French news agency AFP, an investigative report published on Monday said that the actual number of victims could be 10 times higher.
In Christianity, daisies are a group of churches overseen by a bishop.
Priests committed at least 5,700 individual acts of sexual abuse.
Five percent of pastors were found guilty of sexually abusing more than 10 people, while less than 10 percent of pastors faced legal action.
Three out of every four rape victims were boys, and most were between 10 and 14 years old.
Rape victims suffered from depression and there were 27 cases in which they attempted suicide.
Monster's Bishop Felix Jane has yet to comment on the report in detail. Felix Jane has been the caretaker of Monster since 2009.
However, the report's authors have accused him of failing to take action against the perpetrators.
According to the American newspaper The Washington Post, Bishop Felix Jane has not seen the report yet, but in a statement he has apologized to the victims of sexual abuse.
Investigators say they were given unrestricted access to church files and talked to victims of sexual abuse.
Catholic Church Sexual Abuse Bishop Germany Investigation Report.

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