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	Shamed German Bishop - a Sex Predator By Bruno Waterfield Vancouver Sun June 21, 2010 http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Shamed+German+bishop+predator/3183128/story.html A secret Vatican file on a disgraced German bishop alleges he is a "severely alcoholic man" who preyed sexually on young priests. The dossier was seen by Pope Benedict before he accepted the resignation of Bishop Walter Mixa of Augsburg last month. Documents, compiled after Vatican investigators questioned members of Bishop Mixa's inner circle, detailed a litany of alleged alcoholism and sexual abuse. The new allegations have come to light following the bishop's demands that the Vatican review his case. In the dossier, witnesses described the bishop as an alcoholic who had to drink wine and spirits throughout the course of his day. Others accused him of carrying out sexual attacks on young priests then "going to confession the next morning before he celebrated Mass". Bishop Mixa has denied all allegations of sexual abuse as "baseless". Gerhard Decker, the bishop's lawyer told the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung that the sex abuse claim was a "misunderstanding." The bishop resigned in early May following accusations that he beat children at an orphanage and misused Church money. But he has since moved back into his mansion, and is demanding that the decision to accept his resignation is reversed. He claimed the Pope was pressured to accept his resignation due to the unproven allegations of sexual abuse. But Padre Federico Lombardi, a Vatican spokesman, said: "The Pope has based his decision on the basis of information."
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