German president urged to withhold medal for Catholic bishop
Sex abuse victims have urged the German president not to award an Order of Merit — equal to a knighthood — to Munich's bishop, Cardinal Reinhard Marx.
Marx has admitted that church leader 'haven't listened enough to the victims'
Catholic victims of sex abuse urged German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier on Saturday not to give one of the country's top honors to Cardinal Reinhard Marx.
The bishop of Munich served as chair of Germany's Catholic Bishops' Conference until 2020. Although outspoken for victims in recent years, Marx also stands accused of concealing cases, including a priest's misuse of a woman employee and forcing her to abort a pregnancy in 1989.