Petition demands investigation into sex abuse in Czech Catholic Church
Victims of abuse by priests in the Czech Republic are urging the establishment of an independent commission to investigate sexual violence cases within the Catholic Church.
An online petition calling for the resignation of Prague Archbishop Jan Graubner alleges that Graubner – while serving as the archbishop of Olomouc – was aware of a priest abusing children but failed to take action.
The petition, addressed to the Czech Bishops’ Conference and the Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the EU, alleges that while there are dozens of known victims of abuse by priests in the Czech Republic, there could be hundreds – possibly thousands – more.
The petition also calls for personal accountability and the resignation of bishops who neglected to prevent sexual predators among priests despite knowing about their actions.
The petition, which specifically targets Graubner, the current head of the Czech Roman Catholic Church and Archbishop of Prague since July 2023, alleges that the archbishop was aware of child abuse by a priest during his tenure in Olomouc but transferred the offender to other locations within his diocese.
https://www.expats.cz/czech-news/article...-in-church
Victims of abuse by priests in the Czech Republic are urging the establishment of an independent commission to investigate sexual violence cases within the Catholic Church.
An online petition calling for the resignation of Prague Archbishop Jan Graubner alleges that Graubner – while serving as the archbishop of Olomouc – was aware of a priest abusing children but failed to take action.
The petition, addressed to the Czech Bishops’ Conference and the Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the EU, alleges that while there are dozens of known victims of abuse by priests in the Czech Republic, there could be hundreds – possibly thousands – more.
The petition also calls for personal accountability and the resignation of bishops who neglected to prevent sexual predators among priests despite knowing about their actions.
The petition, which specifically targets Graubner, the current head of the Czech Roman Catholic Church and Archbishop of Prague since July 2023, alleges that the archbishop was aware of child abuse by a priest during his tenure in Olomouc but transferred the offender to other locations within his diocese.
https://www.expats.cz/czech-news/article...-in-church
teachings of the Bible are so muddled and self-contradictory that it was possible for Christians to happily burn heretics alive for five long centuries. It was even possible for the most venerated patriarchs of the Church, like St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas, to conclude that heretics should be tortured (Augustine) or killed outright (Aquinas). Martin Luther and John Calvin advocated the wholesale murder of heretics, apostates, Jews, and witches. - Sam Harris, "Letter To A Christian Nation"
