“sexual abuse scandals and struggling to reform... A total of 522,821 Catholics turned their backs on their Church, according to annual statistics released on June 28 by the German Bishops' Conference. Some 359,338 Catholics dropped out the previous year. ”
“Vatican ordered a reform of Monastic Fraternities of Jerusalem (FMJ), a "family of communities" set up in Paris in 1975 and now located in Europe/Canada. It follows an "apostolic visitation" to look into sex abuse allegations against the late FMJ founder, Br. Pierre-Marie Delfieux (d. 2013).”
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More than half a million Germans left the Catholic Church in 2022
Vatican orders reform of religious community after abuse scandal
