[1] Its district covers parts of northeastern Bavaria; it is subordinate to the archbishop of Munich and Freising.

The diocese was founded in 739 by Saint Boniface;[3] it was originally subordinate to the archbishop of Salzburg.

[4] Current bishop Rudolf Voderholzer had already announced plans to offer victims compensation of between 5,000 and 20,000 euros ($5,730 US and $22,930) each by the end of 2017.

[4] The report faulted Georg Ratzinger, the brother of Pope Benedict XVI and director of the choir between the years 1964 and 1994,[4] for "in particular for 'looking away' or for failing to intervene.

"[4] The report also stated that former Bishop Gerhard Ludwig Muller bears "clear responsibility for the strategic, organizational and communicative weaknesses" in the Diocese'