Archbishop of Munich and Chairman of the German Bishops' Conference and Trier Bishop, Cardinal Reinhard Marx (L) and commissioner for sexual abuse issues in the ecclesiastical sphere, Stephan Ackermann give a press conference to present the results of the study on "Sexual Abuse of Minors by Catholic Priests, Deacons and Male Religious" (MHG study) on September 25, 2018 in Fulda, western Germany. - Germany's Catholic Church is due on September 25, 2018 to confess and apologise for thousands of cases of sexual abuse against children, part of a global scandal heaping pressure on the Vatican. It will release the latest in a series of reports on sexual crimes and cover-ups spanning decades that has shaken the largest Christian Church, from Europe to the United States, South America and Australia. (Photo by Daniel ROLAND / AFP)