Not a single Italian diocese has investigated cases of sexual abuse - until now. This Monday, Munich lawyers presented a report for the diocese of Bozen-Brixen. Vatican authorities do not come off well in it either.

Missbrauchsgutachten für Südtirol: Die Komplizen

Sueddeutsche Zeitung

Munich

Upper Bavaria

Bavaria

Germany

Abuse Report for South Tyrol: The Accomplices

Keine einzige italienische Diözese hat Fälle sexuellen Missbrauchs aufarbeiten lassen – bis jetzt. An diesem Montag haben Münchner Rechtsanwälte ein Gutachten für die Diözese Bozen-Brixen vorgestellt. Darin kommen auch Vatikan-Behörden nicht gut weg.

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Bolzano, 20 January 2025 — 67 cases of sexual abuse in the South Tyrolean church have been ascertained between 1963 and 2023. Of these, as many as 59 were carried out on minors. The data comes from a report, prepared by the law firm Westpfahl-Spilker-Wastl in Munich, on behalf of the Diocese of Bolzano and Bressanone. The other numbers that emerge are also shocking: the average age of the priests who committed the abuses is between 28 and 35, wh…

Bolzano, 20 gennaio 2025 – Accertati 67 casi di abusi sessuali nella chiesa altoatesina tra il 1963 e il 2023. Di questi ben 59 sono stati compiuti su minorenni. Il dato viene fuori da un rapporto, elaborato dallo studio legale Westpfahl-Spilker-Wastl di Monaco di Baviera, su incarico della Diocesi di Bolzano e Bressanone. Scioccanti anche gli altri numeri che emergono: l'età media dei preti che hanno commesso gli abusi è tra i 28 e 35 anni, men…

Chiesa Alto Adige: 59 casi di abusi sessuali su bambini. Il rapporto choc voluto dalla diocesi di Bolzano

Quotidiano Nazionale

Italy

Church in South Tyrol: 59 cases of child sexual abuse. The shock report wanted by the diocese of Bolzano

In November 2023, Bishop Ivo Muser commissioned the well-known Munich law firm to carry out an independent study on the sexual abuse of minors and wards of protection by clerics and to evaluate church records and interview contemporary witnesses. The Westpfahl-Spilker-Wastl law firm has already made a name for itself in this area; it has already prepared studies on abuse in the dioceses of Cologne (2018) and Aachen (2020) as well as for the Arch…

Im November 2023 hatte Bischof Ivo Muser die bekannte Münchner Kanzlei damit beauftragt, eine unabhängige Studie zum sexuellen Missbrauch Minderjähriger und Schutzbefohlener durch Kleriker durchzuführen und dafür kirchliche Akten auszuwerten und Zeitzeugen zu befragen. Die Kanzlei Westpfahl-Spilker-Wastl hat sich in diesem Bereich bereits einen Namen gemacht, sie hat bereits die Studien zum Missbrauch in den Bistümern Köln (2018) und Aachen (202…

Abuse Report for South Tyrol: The Accomplices

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