(Luke Coppen, The Pillar) The deputy chairman of the German bishops’ conference acknowledged that he had ‘acted negligently in some cases.’ A leading German bishop said on Thursday that he will remain in office despite a damning report on the handling of abuse cases in his diocese. Bishop Franz-Josef Bode told journalists at a press conference on Sept. 22 that he had discussed whether to resign as bishop of Osnabrück, northwestern Germany, with the safeguarding expert Fr. Hans Zollner, S.J. (...)
