“For me, faith is a struggle. Seeing him put on a helmet and bulletproof vest, it's hard to prove him wrong. Patrick Desbois began his commando mission almost twenty years ago. Always with the same posture: that of the hunter. And, even if the scale of the camouflage uniform sometimes hides his Roman collar, the man of the church does not pull the trigger. No rifle or missiles, his weapons are different. Since 2004 and the foundation of his association...
A new case of pedophile aggression in the Church. On Friday morning, the Archbishop of Poitiers, Pascal Wintzer made public his decision to suspend an Italian priest from Deux-Sèvres who confessed to having "committed sexual assaults on minors" in the 1990s in Brazil. According to Bishop Wintzer, Father Gabriele-Arcangelo Biagioni, priest of the parish of Saint-Junien en Mellois, “came spontaneously” to give himself up."Nothing is mentioned, neither on this subject, nor on his ministry in Brazil in the file which...
A priest from the diocese of Martinique was indicted for rape and remanded in custody this weekend, the Fort-de-France prosecutor's office confirmed to AFP. The man, aged around fifty and who was a chaplain in a hospital, is being prosecuted for rape by a person who abused the authority conferred on him by his position.The facts date back to 2019 and concern an alleged victim, the prosecution said. Other alleged victims appear in the file but to date, the man...
The fact that the church judge Lorenz Wolf resigned his offices was the only personnel consequence of the Munich abuse report. His successor at the head of the Catholic Bureau is surprising.The successor to the resigned church judge Lorenz Wolf at the head of the Bavarian Catholic Office is not a priest. The Bavarian bishops want to make the political scientist Matthias Belafi head of the office, as the Freising Bishops' Conference announced on Thursday in Munich. The 45-year-old is...
A priest from the Vosges was sanctioned for having declared, during his homily at Mass on November 11, that “abortion caused more deaths in the world than the Great War”. During this service in the small town of Bertrimoutier, a village about fifty kilometers east of Epinal, the priest added that French politicians should "take example" from the controversial Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, who takes "courageous decisions against abortion".“The remarks of Father François Schneider made during the mass of...
He went to the church of Montfort-sur-Meu (Ille-et-Vilaine), where the incarcerated abbot officiated. This Sunday morning, the Archbishop of Rennes Mgr Pierre d'Ornellas celebrated a mass and expressed his "pardon" to dozens of faithful, still in shock. Their priest, a 52-year-old man, is indeed accused of aggravated rape of a teenager and provocation of a minor to use narcotics. He was indicted and imprisoned a few days ago in Paris.“You put your trust in a priest who for you celebrated...
Father Yannick Poligné, parish priest of the Parish of Saint-Louis-Marie in Brocéliande, in Montfort-sur-Meu (Ille-et-Vilaine), in the diocese of Rennes, Dol and Saint-Malo, was indicted on Sunday November 6, in Paris, for aggravated rape of a teenager and provocation of a minor to use narcotics. He was remanded in custody, the Paris prosecutor's office told Agence France Presse (AFP), confirming information from RTL . Aged 52, this priest from the diocese of Rennes was also examined for endangering others and...
The religious is accused of aggravated rape of a teenager and provocation of a minor to use narcotics. A priest was indicted on Sunday in Paris and placed in pre-trial detention, the Paris prosecutor's office said on Thursday, confirming information from RTL.This priest who officiates in the diocese of Rennes, born in 1970, was also indicted for endangering others and illicit use of narcotics, for acts committed on the night of November 3 to 4, 2022, according to this source....
The climate activists from Scientist Rebellion and Debt for Climate received support from church circles on Friday. The Jesuit priest and doctor of social ethics Jörg Alt took part in a traffic blockade at Stachus. Alt took to the streets as a kind of representative for 90 theologians and Christians who expressed their solidarity with the demonstrators with a written appeal.Since October 10, activists have been drawing attention to the climate crisis with campaigns nationwide, and since this week also...
After the allegations of abuse against a long-time pastor in the Upper Franconian community of Wallenfels became known, a further six alleged victims have so far reported to the Archdiocese of Bamberg. This was announced by a spokesman on request. Previously, five victims were already known. Archbishop Ludwig Schick meanwhile announced a visit to the parish in the district of Kronach. Schick only found out about the allegations of abuse after the man's death in 2005, the archdiocese recently announced.Allegations...
