A National Catholic Reporter article on lawyer Bjorn Gercke's independent report on abuse in the Archdiocese of Cologne, commissioned by the archdiocese after it withdrew an earlier, unpublished report from a different law firm. The article records the report's release, 18 March 2021, and its scope, 1975 to 2018.
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Assessment
Reliability Tier2
Reliability tier 2: a Catholic news organization's contemporaneous coverage of the report's commissioning and release, corroborated by bishop-accountability.org's own independent report on the same findings. NotesTier 2: the source for the report's commissioning history and its 18 March 2021 release, cross checked against bishop-accountability.org's own reporting on the findings themselves.
Citation
PublisherNational Catholic Reporter
Publication Year2021
URLhttps://www.ncronline.org/news/lawyer-new-report-abuse-cologne-will-incriminate-church-officials
Source Typenews
Cross-Tradition Connections
Associated With
This source names Archdiocese of Cologne directly: "independent report on abuse in the Archdiocese of Cologne, commissioned by the archdiocese after it withdrew an earlier, unpublished report from a different law firm."
Claims Backed By This Source (15 claims)
This source backs 15 claims across the atlas. As facts: 11 well-attested. As cited relationships: 1 holds, 2 connected. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
Disposition By Topic
- Sources, 8 claims: 7 well-attested, 1 holds.
- Abuse Inquiries and Response Policies, 7 claims: 4 well-attested, 2 connected, 1 general references.
Well-attested
11Abuse Inquiries and Response Policies
Connected
2Abuse Inquiries and Response Policies
General References
1Abuse Inquiries and Response Policies
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