Former Head of German Bishops Blames Abuse Crisis on 'Taboo' Against Gay Priests
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"Sexual abuse is primarily a human problem," says Pope Leo XIV. Bishop Georg Bätzing, on the other hand, points to the systemic causes – and warns of regressions in the reprocessing process.
Bätzing questions the words of Leo XIV The taboo on homosexuality and clericalism Protecting the reputation of the Church rather than the victims Defense of the German Synodal Way Demands changes in the Roman Curia Demands clarification to the Pope Suffering caused by the Bätzing Church considers "inadequate" and "summarily problematic" the Pontiff's assertion that sexual abuse is "before all a human problem". He asks for clarification on the ro…
In one of the largest areas of conflict in the Catholic Church, the Limburg Bishop Bätzing contradicts Pope Leo XIV: he said that the mass cases of sexual abuse in the Church were above all a human problem and not a systemic problem.
On his return from France, Leo XIV was asked about sexual abuse in the Church. The Pope recognized its particular gravity when it occurred within the Church. He admitted that certain ecclesial organizations had been able to act abusively “as a system”, but added: “sexual abuse is, above all, a human problem”. Bätzing, who was president of the German Episcopate, asked for clarification.
The news Bishop Bätzing disagrees with the Pope for the abuses and asks him for clarifications was first published in Last Minute Religious News New Life The Bishop of Limburg, Georg Bätzing, has asked Leo XIV to clarify his position on the systemic causes of sexual abuse in the Church after the Pope affirmed that sexual abuse is “first of all, a human problem” and show his reservations to use the term “systemic”. Follow us on Google and ... Th…
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