The aim is a new gain in knowledge in order to derive further concrete steps from this, said Vicar General Sascha-Philipp Geißler of the "Neue Kirchenzeitung".
According to the deputy of Archbishop Stefan Hesse, the Independent Commission for Reappraisal of North (UAK) is in discussion.
So far, there is no separate scientific abuse study for the entire Archdiocese of Hamburg, which includes around 340,000 Catholics in Hamburg, Schleswig-Holstein and Mecklenburg.
There is only one study for the particularly affected part of Mecklenburg and a study for the diocese of Osnabrück, which included large parts of the present-day archdiocese of Hamburg until 1995.
The UAK Nord, the joint commission of the dioceses of Hamburg, Osnabrück and Hildesheim, sees this as a gap.
Privacy dispute blocks file inspection
The criticism that Hamburg proceeds more slowly than the neighboring bishoprics in the reprocessing, Geißler rejected. "Speed is less important to me than thoroughness."
Currently, proceedings are still ongoing before the interdiocesan data protection court on issues of disclosure of case reports and the responsibility of the UAK. "We have to wait and see what this UAK-strained procedure yields."
The procedure concerns the question of whether the archdiocese of the UAK must at least grant anonymised access to the files even without the individual consents of the persons concerned.
The Archdiocese has so far rejected this with reference to data protection.
The UAK sees itself as significantly hindered in its work and has therefore sued against the interpretation of data protection by the archdiocese. The procedure has been going on for several months.
Two accused priests continue to be deployed
"It hurts me when we are held up, we would wall there," Geißler said. "In our country, the fundamental right to informational self-determination of every natural person applies, and we must take this seriously."
Data protection is not protection of the crime, but determines scope for the processing.
Geißler acknowledged that there were cases in which accused priests continued to work to those affected despite benefits paid because there was no court-approved evidence or admissions of guilt.
"We actually have two accused priests who act as retirees in the worship field but otherwise bear no responsibility," he said. "I can understand the perspective of those affected well that this seems unbearable and is being questioned." However, as long as no one is legally convicted, the presumption of innocence applies.