German Catholic activists rap decree excluding church tax opt-outs

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German Catholic activists rap decree excluding church tax opt-outs

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Written by Tom Heneghan

The annual total of Catholic church leavers, usually around 120,000, rose to 181,193 two years ago as revelations about decades of sexual abuse of children by priests shamed the hierarchy and prompted an apology from German-born Pope Benedict ...