Bishop Stephan Ackermann made the apology on behalf of the German Catholic Church./AP

Bishop Stephan Ackermann made the apology on behalf of the German Catholic Church./AP

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Germany's Catholic Church 'dismayed and ashamed' by child sex abuse

A new report from Germany's Catholic Church admits to "at least" 3,677 cases of child sex abuse by the clergy between 1946 and 2014, according to local publications Die Zeit and Spiegel Online who have seen a leaked copy.