The church withheld access to documents A study commissioned by the German unit of the Roman Catholic Church uncovered that over 3,600 children, aged 13 or younger were sexually abused by members of the German Catholic clergy from 1946 to 2014. The contents were leaked prior to the September 25 publication date. The report said as many as 1,670 church personnel committed abuse. The numbers tally up to 4.4 percent of the total German clergy. Every sixth victim complained of being raped.
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