Around ten months after the suspension of a priest on suspicion of sexual misconduct, Würzburg Bishop Franz Jung has lifted his ban on serving. The District Court of Obernburg had previously acquitted the priest of allegations of sexual misconduct towards an adult, the Diocese of Würzburg announced. The canonical investigation was also discontinued. While the priest lives in a religious community at his own request until April, a decision will be made about his future assignment. The clergyman was accused...
The Evangelical-Lutheran Michaelskirche in Ottobrunn mourns the loss of former pastor Martina Hirschsteiner. From September 2013 to February 2021, she was active in the parish, which also includes Neubiberg, Riemerling and Hohenbrunn, and then in the parish of St. Johannes in Munich-Haidhausen. In Ottobrunn, she took particular care of the work with the elderly and the visiting service in the community, created many special services and was involved in the work with adults. She died on December 28th and leaves...
Church "Instagram pastor" reaches tens of thousands of people Pastor Josephine Teske has been posting faith content on her Instagram account since 2019. photo © Christian Charisius/dpa It's not just her boss who calls her a "stroke of luck for the church": Josephine Teske has been inspiring people on Instagram for faith since 2019 - and thus shows a new type of church. Her former superior calls her a "stroke of luck for the church": Josephine Teske, pastor in the...
religion Former pastor buries old Bibles in Göttingen Former pastor Harald Storz lays old Bibles that are no longer needed in a grave at St. Albani Church in Göttingen. photo © Swen Pförtner/dpa Coffins or urns are usually buried at funerals. Sunday was a little different in Göttingen: Old bibles were buried there. What's it all about? The former pastor Harald Storz buried Bibles that were no longer needed in Göttingen (Lower Saxony). The books were buried after the service...
A pastor from the northern Upper Palatinate convicted of sexual abuse has lodged an appeal against his dismissal from the service of the Bavarian state church. The appeal had been lodged with the disciplinary chamber in good time, said a legal officer for the regional church on Friday. His lawyer had to submit a reasoning by the end of December, she explained. Should this happen, the ecclesiastical disciplinary chamber of the Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD) in Hanover will be...
Uwe Böttcher hasn't been director of the Mainkofen district hospital in Lower Bavaria for a long time and then something like that. It's last Friday, around 30 guests are gathering outside at the memorial stone for the "euthanasia" victims of Mainkofen. As every year, they want to remember those who were murdered by the National Socialists. It should be a day of prayer, of pausing. And then Slavko Radeljic-Jakic steps up to the lectern. He is a deacon, a Catholic...
A Dachau pastor reports a businessman because he is said to have used an image of SS runes to advertise the purchase of products from the former Allach porcelain factory. Concentration camp prisoners had to do forced labor in the factory.The police and state security officers from the Fürstenfeldbruck criminal investigation department are investigating a Dachau art dealer on suspicion of using anti-constitutional symbols: the businessman is said to have used a depiction of SS runes to advertise the purchase...
The Gauting "film pastor" Eckart Bruchner picks up the thread again after a long pandemic break and starts the Gräfelfingen film talks, which are popular with the public, on Wednesday, October 5th. The first feature film that the audience will discuss with the experienced cineast Bruchner after the credits roll is "Mittagsstunden" by Lars Jessen, based on the novel of the same name by Dörte Hansen. Charly Hübner can be seen in the leading role. The Gräfelfingen film talks in...
As is well known, a lot of people got pets during the pandemic. Dogs in particular were in high demand, even though cats still hold the top position. Last year, Germans had a total of 34.7 million pets of all kinds. A blessing for some because they have found an animal friend. For others it's more of a curse because they need a lot of trust in God in order not to lose faith in being housebroken soon.Maybe the priest...
A pastor for the Oktoberfest? That sounds unusual, but it's been around for years. In fact, since 2014, two priests have taken care of the showmen at the Munich Wiesn. But after the death of the Dominican Father Paul Schäfersküpper, who was the pastor of showmen for Upper Bavaria and Swabia for 18 years until his death at the end of December and was therefore also responsible for the Oktoberfest, Sascha Ellinghaus is now solely responsible for the largest folk...
