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Germany: Catholic Church loses half a million members
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A record number of people left the German Catholic Church in 2022, the German Bishops' Conference (DBK) said on Wednesday.
A total of 522,821 people ended their official relationship with the church, surpassing the record broken in the previous year when 359,338 people left.
The departures follow a series of child abuse scandals that have rocked the church in Germany, and elsewhere.
Germany: Catholic Church loses half a million members – DW – 06/28/2023
The flood of people leaving the German Catholic Church has accelerated, breaking another new record in 2022. Numerous sexual abuse scandals are believed to be in part to blame.
www.dw.com
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