Rainer Maria Woelki the
He will return to the cathedral in Cologne, the famous Kölner Dom in March.
He faced criticism for his handling of allegations of past child sex abuse, in particular for shelving a report into wrongdoing by priests.
It has been a long-running scandal that has caused pain and stress in Germany’s wealthiest archdiocese.
The Vatican said that there was no evidence that Woelki had broken the law in relation to the cases of sexual abuse.
“Nonetheless, he committed grave errors in his approach to the question of dealing with this question, above all in the area of communication,” it said.
Woelki was an auxiliary bishop in Cologne when conservative Joachim Meisner was archbishop.
Woelki went on to be archbishop in Berlin before returning to Cologne.
In the Dáil TDs can be suspended but does it ever happen that a government minister is suspended? Does it ever happen anywhere across industry that a CEO is suspended?
But Cardinal Woelki is not technically suspended he has been told to take "spiritual time-out”.
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