An Irish Times report, published 18 April 2023 by correspondent Derek Scally, on the release of an independent commission's 600-page report on abuse in the Archdiocese of Freiburg. The article records the report's own figures: 540 victims and 250 priests identified as possible perpetrators across the 1945 to 2020 period the report examined, both figures described as floors, and its findings against Archbishop Robert Zollitsch and his predecessor Oskar Saier.
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Assessment
Reliability Tier2
Reliability tier 2: a national newspaper's own correspondent reporting the commission's figures directly and contemporaneously, corroborated by the Associated Press wire's independent coverage of the same event three days later. NotesTier 2: the source for the 540-victim, 250-perpetrator tally and the report's 1945 to 2020 scope, cross checked against the AP wire's independent contemporaneous coverage of the same commission report.
Citation
AuthorDerek Scally
PublisherThe Irish Times
Publication Year2023
URLhttps://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2023/04/18/german-catholic-archbishop-accused-of-concrete-cover-up-of-clerical-sexual-abuse/
Source Typenews
Claims Backed By This Source (19 claims)
This source backs 19 claims across the atlas. As facts: 16 well-attested. As cited relationships: 2 connected. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
Disposition By Topic
- Abuse Inquiries and Response Policies, 11 claims: 8 well-attested, 2 connected, 1 general references.
- Sources, 8 claims: 8 well-attested.
Well-attested
16Abuse Inquiries and Response Policies
Connected
2Abuse Inquiries and Response Policies
General References
1Abuse Inquiries and Response Policies
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