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The Protestant churches in North Rhine-Westphalia also want to award victims of abuse individual payments in recognition of their suffering from the beginning of next year. Whether a separate study will be commissioned has yet to be decided.
A newly formed independent commission will decide on applications from victims, said the Evangelical Church of Westphalia's commissioner for dealing with violations of sexual self-determination, Church Councilor Daniela Fricke, in an online press conference on Thursday at the conclusion of the Westphalian state synod.