(indonewyork.com) A controversial pastor promoted by Cologne
Cardinal Rainer Maria Woelki has been acquitted of allegations of abuse
in a canonical procedure. The Archdiocese of Cologne announced on
Thursday that the ban on the exercise of priestly services had been
lifted. However, he will not return to his previous managerial position
and, for example, may no longer work in child and youth work. The pastor
is a key figure in Woelki's press law proceedings against the Axel
Springer publishing house and a "Bild" reporter.
According to the "Rheinische Post" and "Bild", the pastor had been
accused of abuse of minors. According to the Archdiocese, after sexual
contact with an underage prostitute at Cologne Central Station was
reported in 2001 in 2001, new reports were received: those affected
reported "incidents" from the years 1993 to 1998. However, the
archdiocese did not name (...)
