employee years before.... Reacting to the report, the church's acting head Bishop Kirsten Fehrs said

BERLIN: The German Protestant Church on Thursday acknowledged it did not do enough to protect children after an independent study revealed thousands of cases of sexual abuse within the organisation. The study estimated that the number of minors who fell victim to church ministers and staff may be as high as 9, 355.... Not just ministers, but full-and part-time employees, as well as church volunteers fell within the scope of the study. The German Protestant Church said it would in November prese