of abuse. Investigations into accusations of sexual abuse In July 2020, Alexandra von Teuffenbach, a former professor at the Pontifical Lateran University and the Regina Apostolorum university, alleged that Kentenich manipulated and coerced community members, specifically from the Schoenstatt Sisters of Mary, into sexually inappropriate conduct. Von Teuffenbach cited particular accusations found in documents of the archives of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith after Pope Francis had allowed the consultation of documents concerning the pontificate of Pius XII. Von Teuffenbach claims that these accusations are the reason for which Kentenich was investigated by Fr. Sebastiaan Tromp, Apostolic Visitator from the Holy See, in the 1950s and eventually separated from the Schoenstatt Movement during his exile from 1951-1965. The possibility of sexual or psychological abuse was strongly denied by the General Presidency of the Schoenstatt Movement. In a formal statement the movement indicated that the allegations had long been known about and the fact that Kentenich was reinstated from exile by the Vatican in 1965 was evidence that the allegations were not considered true. It was also stated that at the opening of Kentenich's process of beatification in 1975 a nihil obstat ("no obstructions") was granted by the church and that this would not have been granted if the previously known accusations were found to have any substance. The Schoenstatt Sisters of Mary also released their own formal statement, as von Teuffenbach's discovery concerned their community in particular. The Sisters emphatically rejected the accusations and said that "successive generations of our community have experienced the founder as an authentic and credible personality.” Like the statement from Schoenstatt's General Presidency, the Sisters were already aware of the allegations made against Kentenich and emphasized that when he was reinstated as the founder and returned from his exile in 1965, all accusations had already been considered by the Church and deemed insufficiently substantiated to make a formal accusation. A few days after the reports and responses, the postulator of Kentenich's cause and key representatives of Schoenstatt met with Bishop Stephan Ackermann of the Diocese of Trier. The end result was an announcement of an independent commission of historians, organized by the diocese, to review the beatification process of Kentenich, a decision that was welcomed by Fr. Juan Pablo Catoggio, international president of the Schoenstatt Movement. It will also be the task of the commission "to reconcile the newly found material with