A Vatican News report, published 20 January 2022, on the release of the Westpfahl Spilker Wastl law firm's independent report on abuse in the Archdiocese of Munich and Freising. The article records the report's own figures: at least 497 victims and 235 identified abusers across the 1945 to 2019 period the 1,900-page report covers.
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Assessment
Reliability Tier2
Reliability tier 2: an official Catholic outlet's own contemporaneous report of a law firm's independent findings that were critical of a former pope and a sitting cardinal, not self-serving here, corroborated by CNN's independent coverage the same day. NotesTier 2: the source for the 497-victim, 235-accused tally and the report's 1945 to 2019 scope, cross checked against CNN's independent contemporaneous coverage.
Citation
PublisherVatican News
Publication Year2022
URLhttps://www.vaticannews.va/en/church/news/2022-01/sex-abuse-report-munich-ratzinger-marx-holy-see-statement.html
Source Typenews
Claims Backed By This Source (18 claims)
This source backs 18 claims across the atlas. As facts: 15 well-attested. As cited relationships: 2 connected. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
Disposition By Topic
- Abuse Inquiries and Response Policies, 11 claims: 8 well-attested, 2 connected, 1 general references.
- Sources, 7 claims: 7 well-attested.
Well-attested
15Abuse Inquiries and Response Policies
Connected
2Abuse Inquiries and Response Policies
General References
1Abuse Inquiries and Response Policies
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