Faced with swelling anger at allegations Church officials did not take steps to punish child abusers in their ranks, or even to come clean about the problem, the heads of Germany’s Catholics gathered in a somber mood on Monday. The abuse scandal is gnawing at the Church, with people exiting in ever greater numbers, even in the heavily Catholic state of Bavaria. One issue is a recent report into sexual abuse in the Munich archdiocese, alleging that dozens of claims of sexual abuse were not handled properly by the archdiocese through the years. Among many others, the report also pointed the fing…