Cologne Catholic church holds penance service on sex abuse
That's just like the church I know. Asking people to come to the place where they were molested and commiserate with the organization that facilitated the abuse. That's not the sign of an organization that is repentant or understands the harm of their actions.
"Service" as in pass the plate.
And ''service'' as in ''we commit our acts of contrition and it's alllllll over & forgotten." Meanwhile, the victims still ache.