Catholic Council Fulda: Klee condemns church failure in the event of abuse!
Catholic Council Fulda: Klee condemns church failure in the event of abuse!
Bad Hersfeld, Deutschland - On June 17, 2025, the presentation of a report to deal with sexual abuse in the diocese of Fulda caused great sensation. The independent commission has documented more than 230 cases since the end of the Second World War, with around 120 people affected and 37 suspected perpetrators who are mostly priests. It is a shattering balance that makes the failures of the church clear in the education and the protection of those affected until 2010. The report was referred to by the chairman of the Catholic Council, Stefanie Klee, as "shocking" and re -lived up the discussion about the responsibility of the church. The Catholic Council represents the faithful in the diocese and is a chosen lay committee that sees a chance to deal with in this honest analysis. Osthessen News reports that Klee sharply criticized the double standards of the priests and at the same time commit and at the same time commit serious offenses.
In her press release,Klee also asked the question of why the responsible diocese management had not taken any criminal steps. "The focus was not on the person concerned, but on the protection of the perpetrators," she said. This failure of the church is sharply sentenced to this failure. In addition, she emphasizes that parts of society did not react, even though they had learned about the cases of abuse.
a call to responsible
The report, which is one of the foundations of 2021, finds that criminal charges were reimbursed in 23 cases and that more intensive examinations were carried out in 29 cases. These statistics prove the high number of unreported cases in cases, since only 19 out of 152 municipalities took part in a reconnaissance survey. The Catholic Council has now announced that it will accompany the diocese management critically and constructively in future steps.
Bishop Michael Gerber already apologized to those affected and promised to take consequences from the results of the report. In addition, the Commission called for an independent follow-up committee and ombudal spots to offer those affected better support. It was also found that perpetrators were often transferred to other communities to keep them under the protection of the church instead of encountering them appropriately. [Tagesschau] (https://www.tagesschau.de/inland/Hessen/hr-bericht-zu-missus-im-bistum-fulda- fuer-das-leid-der-belanden-100.html) states that the attitude of the church was not required until the initial changes in the processing.
a step in the right direction
The context of the report, which attributes the abuse scandal in the Catholic Church to 2008, is also important - when it became public. Since then, there have always been efforts to hear the victims of abuse and to offer them a space in which their stories are heard and recognized. The Commission criticized the Church's management as inadequate and pointed out the need to reform the structure and handling of the churches with allegations.But not only in the Catholic area is being worked on on the processing. In the Evangelical Church in Germany, great attention is also paid to the individual processing. The initiatives aim to guarantee transparent and comprehensive processing of sexual violence in order to regain trust. Commissioned Abuse shows that binding criteria and standards for processing are being developed here.
In summary, it should be noted that the church in Hesse and beyond is also in a deep crisis, which can also be understood as an opportunity for improvement and processing. The path is long and full of hurdles, but with every step in the right direction, the voice of those affected is more important.| Details | |
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