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.
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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.
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