A CNN report, published 13 June 2022, on the University of Munster research team's findings on abuse in the Diocese of Munster. The article records the 610-victim, 196-accused figures across 1945 to 2020, the 12 percent removal rate among accused clergy, and the study's finding of massive failure of leadership across successive diocesan administrations.
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Reliability Tier2
Reliability tier 2: a major international news organization's independent contemporaneous report on the same university findings, corroborated by the University of Munster's own primary press release. NotesTier 2: the source for the removal-rate finding and the leadership-failure characterization, cross checked against the University of Munster's own primary press release on the same study.
Citation
PublisherCNN
Publication Year2022
URLhttps://www.cnn.com/2022/06/13/europe/catholic-church-germany-muenster-report-intl
Source Typenews
Claims Backed By This Source (9 claims)
This source backs 9 claims across the atlas. As facts: 8 well-attested. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
Disposition By Topic
- Sources, 7 claims: 7 well-attested.
- Abuse Inquiries and Response Policies, 2 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 general references.
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8Abuse Inquiries and Response Policies
General References
1Abuse Inquiries and Response Policies
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