Amid cover-up allegations, German prelate steps down from lay organization

 

Amid cover-up allegations, German prelate steps down from lay organization

BY CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

 NOV 20, 2020 

Hamburg Archbishop Stefan Hesse has stepped down from his post as spiritual assistant to the Central Committee of German Catholics, the most important laypeople's organization of the church in Germany, pending clarification of all the allegations about his possible role in covering up sexual abuse cases during his time in Cologne.