BERLIN (Reuters) - The head of the Catholic Church in Germany apologised on Tuesday "for all the failure and pain" after a report found thousands of children were sexually abused by its clergy, a number an expert said was only the "tip of the iceberg".
Researchers of three German universities examined 38,156 personnel files spanning a 70-year period ending 2014, and found indications of sexual abuse by 1,670 clerics, with more than 3,700 possible victims.
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