May 22, 2012
The following articles have been tagged with "Walter_mixa":
Society: 22 Feb 12
A 29-year-old German man has been charged with conning Walter Mixa, a former Catholic bishop who resigned following child abuse allegations, out of nearly €5,000.
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Society: 7 Apr 11
The number of Catholics quitting the church jumped 40 percent last year to 180,000 in the wake of persistent child sex abuse scandals, a media report said Thursday.
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Society: 2 Oct 10
His books and films awakened Germany's sexual consciousness during the 1960s and 1970s: Oswalt Kolle has died, his family announced on Friday – shortly before his 82nd birthday.
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National: 16 Jul 10
The world's first female Lutheran bishop resigned Friday after abuse accusations in her diocese of Hamburg, the latest casualty of a scandal to have rocked Christian churches in Germany.
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Society: 23 Jun 10
In a dramatic capitulation, former Bishop Walter Mixa abandoned any attempt to claw back his old job on Wednesday and issued an abject apology to the people he had “not treated the right way.”
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Analysis & Opinion: 23 Jun 10
What is going on in the Catholic Church? Wracked by sexual abuse scandals, it has now decided to get into an ugly row with disgraced Bishop Walter Mixa. Der Tagesspiegel's Paul Kreiner doubts the pope can usher in a new era of reform.
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National: 21 Jun 10
Secret documents contain serious allegations of alcoholism and sexual abuse against controversial former Augsburg bishop Walter Mixa, media reports said on Monday.
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National: 16 Jun 10
Controversial former Augsburg bishop Walter Mixa, who resigned over allegations of child abuse and misusing Catholic Church funds, said Wednesday he was forced out and plans to have his case investigated by the Vatican.
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Society: 14 Jun 10
Controversial former Augsburg bishop Walter Mixa has returned to live at the bishop’s palace despite his resignation over alleged child abuse and misuse of church funds, a media report said on Monday.
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National: 14 May 10
German prosecutors said on Friday they were discontinuing an investigation into charges of sexual abuse by former Catholic Bishop Walter Mixa, who resigned last month amid claims he had beaten children and misused Church funds.
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National: 8 May 10
Pope Benedict XVI has accepted the resignation of controversial Augsburg Bishop Walter Mixa following Friday's revelations about his alleged sexual abuse of children.
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National: 7 May 10
Controversial Catholic Bishop Walter Mixa, who resigned last month amid claims he had beaten children and misused Church funds, is being investigated now for sexual abuse, prosecutors announced Friday.
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National: 30 Apr 10
A 17-year-old girl has been expelled from her Catholic high school in the Bavarian town of Illertissen because she chose to leave the Church.
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Society: 23 Apr 10
Nearly a quarter of Germany’s 25 million Catholics are considering turning their backs on their Church in the wake of the child abuse scandals, a survey published Friday has found.
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National: 23 Apr 10
As Germany’s 25 million Catholics await word on whether the Vatican has accepted embattled Bishop Walter Mixa’s resignation, senior Church members on Friday expressed relief over – and respect for – Mixa’s decision to step down.
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Society: 22 Apr 10
Embattled Bishop Walter Mixa tendered his resignation Wednesday in a letter to Pope Benedict, bowing to pressure over accusations that he beat children at a Catholic orphanage in the 1970s and 1980s.
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Society: 21 Apr 10
The head of Germany's Catholic Church has asked embattled Augsburg Bishop Walter Mixa to step aside from his duties until investigations into claims he beat children and misused Church funds can be completed.
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Society: 20 Apr 10
Controversial Augsburg bishop Walter Mixa has asked for forgiveness as church officials look into accusations that he physically abused children at a church orphanage and spent the institution's money on art, wine and jewellery.
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National: 17 Apr 10
A bishop accused of not treating claims that he beat children in his care seriously, has admitted to giving what he called clips round the ear – and has now been accused of misusing orphanage funds on wine, art and jewellery.
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Society: 14 Apr 10
The Catholic school headmaster who first raised concerns about sex abuse in the Church back in January has lashed out at the embattled Bishop Walter Mixa, accusing him of being too dismissive of his alleged victim’s claims.
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Society: 3 Apr 10
Embattled Catholic Bishop Walter Mixa has said he could not remember the people who claim he beat them in a children’s home, even as more accusers came forward.
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National: 2 Apr 10
The head of Germany's Catholics has admitted in a Good Friday message that victims of child abuse had been inadequately cared for because of the Church's effort to protect its reputation.
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National: 31 Mar 10
Five people have accused Germany's controversial Catholic Bishop Walter Mixa of physically abusing them while they were at a children’s home north of Munich in the 1970s and 1980s.
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National: 22 Feb 10
Robert Zollitsch, the head of the German Bishop’s Conference (DBK), made a formal apology on Monday to the victims of widespread child abuse at Catholic schools and said there would be consequences.
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National: 19 Feb 10
Augsburg Bishop Walter Mixa on Friday faced continuing criticism for claiming the sexual revolution was partially to blame for the widespread abuse of children at German Catholic schools.
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National: 16 Feb 10
As more victims of sexual abuse by priests in the German Catholic church in the 1970s and 80s come forward, their lawyers said on Tuesday that compensation could reach into the millions.
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National: 13 Apr 09
One of Germany’s most senior Catholic bishops has caused outrage by attacking atheism and implying a connection between non belief in God and the worst crimes of Nazism and communism.
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National: 4 Feb 09
Chancellor Angela Merkel faced both praise and derision in Germany on Wednesday after criticising Pope Benedict XVI for welcoming a Holocaust-denying bishop back into the Catholic Church.
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Society: 15 Oct 08
Walter Mixa, the Catholic bishop of Augsburg, has slammed a modest increase in money paid to parents an “insult” and called Germany’s “hostile” attitudes to children more dangerous than the global financial crisis.
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Society: 21 May 08
The ritual of exorcism, abandoned by Catholic bishops in Germany for more than 30 years after the starving to death of a girl who underwent repeated exorcisms, may be undergoing a revival.
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Society: 7 Feb 08
New alimony law makes traditional German "housewife marriage" history as wives are forced to stand on their own feet.
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