Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Stefan Hesse, the Archbishop of Hamburg who was linked to abuse scandal.
Hasse offered to leave after a team of German lawyers released a major 800-page report on sexual abuse cases in the city of Cologne.
The Hamburg Diocese confirmed the Vatican’s decision on Monday.
Hesse is one of a number of clerics who have announced their departures of leaves or absence after the release of the report.
The report found that from 1975 to 2018, a total of 202 people within the Cologne Archdiocese were suspected of involvement in abuse, and that 63…
