Germany's most senior Protestant theologian, Annette Kurschus, has resigned. However, she said as she quit that allegations of having covered up sexual abuse within the church were unfounded.

One of Germany’s largest Protestant regional churches has come under fire from other Christians for speaking out against efforts to convert Muslims just as tens of thousands of refugees from the ...

At least 770 people were sexually assaulted at care facilities and institutions run by the Protestant Church in Germany, officials confirmed Tuesday. Bishop Kirsten Fehrs, who is the spokeswoman ...

BERLIN (AP) — At least 1,259 people working for the Protestant Church of Germany have committed sexual abuse, claiming at least 2,225 victims. That’s according to an independent study of ...

BERLIN, Jan 25 (Reuters) - Some 2,225 people suffered sexual violence in Germany's Protestant Church at the hands of 1,259 suspected perpetrators over the last eight decades, a study found on ...

Head of Germany’s Lutheran church resigns in protest over claims she failed to act on abuseOpens in new window ] [ German Protestant bishops asks LGBT community for forgivenessOpens in new ...

Before the vote, the Protestant Church in Germany (EKD) and the Catholic German Bishops' Conference (DBK) wrote a joint ...

The majority of Germany's Christians are registered as either Catholic (22.6 million) or Protestant (20.7 million). The Protestant Church has its roots in Lutheranism and other denominations that ...