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German bishop to create new independent discipline system for priests

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Diocese of Münster in western Germany to introduce arbitration council and disciplinary code for clergy.

Bishop Felix Genn said the new structures are his response to a report on decades of sexual abuse in the diocese.

Repeat offenders could now be ordered to no longer work in pastoral care.

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formal

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English

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57

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