The number of priests accused of abuse – as well as the number of their victims – in the Münster diocese of western Germany is significantly higher than previously thought, according to a study released on Monday. The research by a five-member team at the University of Münster, which took more than two years, showed that there were nearly 200 clergy members involved and 610 underage victims of sexual abuse from 1945 to 2020. This represents 4.17% of priests in the diocese. Given that the number of unreported cases is probably considerably higher, the researchers estimate that there have been 5…