Catholic Church in Germany fires sexual abuse investigator

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A criminologist who was investigating sexual abuse of minors by priests has been sacked German Roman Catholic bishops.

Christian Pfeiffer has accused them of trying to censure a major report on the scandals, which looks at cases dating back to 1945.

But Matthias Kopp, spokesperson of the Catholic Bishops Conference, says the investigation will be continued without him:

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