A German diocese has admitted a man has made a “plausible” claim that he was sexually abused by a former bishop.
A man came forward year with the claim against the late Bishop Heinrich Maria Janssen of Hildesheim diocese, who died in 1998.
The man said he was abused in the late 1950s and early 1960s.
A payment was made to the man by the diocese in “recognition of his suffering”, at the recommendation of the German bishops’ conference.
The man made further demands which the diocese rejected.
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