Cologne Archdiocese calls canonical complaint ‘baseless’ as abuse survivors accuse cardinal — By: Catholic News Agency
Cardinal Rainer Maria Woelki. / Credit: Archdiocese of Cologne CNA Newsroom, Jul 21, 2025 / 09:32 am (CNA). The Archdiocese of Cologne has dismissed as “obviously baseless” a canonical complaint filed against Cardinal Rainer Maria Woelki by German abuse survivors to Pope Leo XIV, calling the allegations unfounded and built on “false assumptions.” The archdiocese’s…
