Germany's Protestant Church faces backlash after abuse study


BERLIN, Jan. 26 (Xinhua) -- The Protestant Church in Germany (EKD) is in the line of fire after the presentation of a report on sexualized violence and other forms of abuse in the EKD. There have also been calls to reform the way victims are compensated.

"It has become clear that there is a lack of structure to deal with sexual violence in the Protestant Church," Kerstin Claus, independent commissioner for child sexual abuse issues of the German government, told Neue Berliner Redaktionsgesellschaft on Friday.

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