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North German dioceses call on those affected to participate

2021-10-07T09:01:57.329Z


The Archdiocese of Hamburg and the Dioceses of Osnabrück and Hildesheim have called on those affected by sexual violence in the Catholic Church to participate in a council of those affected. The body will be formed at the level of the northern German metropolitan area to which the three dioceses belong, the dioceses announced on Wednesday. The Affected Council will consist of up to nine people and act as an expert committee on the subject of sexual violence.


The Archdiocese of Hamburg and the Dioceses of Osnabrück and Hildesheim have called on those affected by sexual violence in the Catholic Church to participate in a council of those affected.

The body will be formed at the level of the northern German metropolitan area to which the three dioceses belong, the dioceses announced on Wednesday.

The Affected Council will consist of up to nine people and act as an expert committee on the subject of sexual violence.

Hamburg - Those affected, relatives of those affected or carers of those affected can apply as voting members by November 30th.

An independent selection committee decides on membership in the council concerned.

That included the social worker Sylvia Egelkamp, ​​the lawyer Elif Gencay, the spokesman for the Abuse Initiative in Ahrensburg, Anselm Kohn, the systemic advisor Karin Niebergall-Sippel and the managing director of the Lower Saxony victims' aid foundation, Hanspeter Teetzmann.

"Listening to those affected and having a separate committee involved in coming to terms with sexual abuse in the church is an indispensable part of making progress here," said Hamburg Archbishop Stefan Heße.

“Through her voice, the suffering of many affected people can be heard who cannot or do not want to express themselves.” At the same time, her point of view is important “in order to more clearly recognize systemic factors that enable sexual violence in the area of ​​the church”.

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The Osnabrück bishop Franz-Josef Bode emphasized: “In the past we - including myself - thought far too much about the perpetrator and the protection of the church as an institution.

I am grateful that over the last few years we have been learning more and more to think and act from the perspective of those affected. "

The Affected Council sends three people as members to the joint commission to deal with sexualised violence at the level of the northern German metropolitan area.

The establishment of this commission is currently also being prepared.

The Archdiocese of Hamburg emerged in 1995 from the areas of the Dioceses of Hildesheim and Osnabrück.

dpa

Source: merkur

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