Bavarian Bishops Pray for Abuse Victims

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Bishops from the heavily Roman Catholic German state of Bavaria say they are "ashamed and shocked" at the extent of sexual abuse in the church and are calling for prayers for the victims.

The Archbishop of Munich and Freising Reinhard Marx is meeting Thursday with the leaders of other diocese in Bavaria where some 100 former students of church-run schools have claimed they were abused.

In comments Wednesday, Marx called for a rebirth in the church in the wake of the abuse scandal that has rocked the homeland of Pope Benedict XVI.

-AP