Sunday, December 14, 2014
Bishop of Trier to Withdraw Suspension of Faithful Pastor
By Christmas, the bishop should renounce the suspension.
Hamburg / Trier (kath.net/ CBA) After the dismissal of a pastor in the diocese of Trier, community members sent an "ultimatum" according to a "Spiegel" report, to Bishop Stephan Ackermann. Ackermann. Before Christmas he should cancel the dismissal and stop "swinging the whip», according to the release by an initiative group. A few weeks ago parishioners who were demonstrating against what they called the "authoritarian and unjustified action from above" in front of the Bishop of Trier's palace and wrote letters of protest.
In mid-November, Ackermann dismissed the pastor in Beckingen, Saarland, Christoph Eckert, from his office. For his part, the priest filed a complaint at the Vatican. Until the local decision which is expected in a few months, Eckert may not exercise his previous office. He was provisionally transferred to another parish.
In a letter to the affected parish, Ackerman stressed that he had never previously resorted to such measures.
But only through this painful step would he given the chance for a fresh start. Eckert had his request for voluntary transfer rejected. Ackermann stressed that there had recently been "problematic developments" from a split in the parish community. Doubts had arisen whether Father Eckert had applied himself to his job and the "service of the unity of the church."
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As I said in the initial post on this blog when th story hit the blogosphere, this case of removal is very similar to the Fr John Speekman saga of the diocese of Sale in Victoria Australia in 2003. The whole saga can be read at stoneswillshout.com/wp in their monthly publication Into the Deep, the August issue, August special issue and the September issue in 2003. In the first decree upholding Fr Speekman's appeal the Congregation for the Clergy found that it was the actions of the Bishop rather than the parish priest which caused confusion, disunity and disturbance to communion. Even the reasons for removal weren't valid. Check it out, do a Google search for the decree etc and you will be amazed at the similarities. It would be a God send if the Ordinary renounces the suspension of the parish priest. I really feel for the faithfull and their fatherly priest. The leadership of these dysfunctional and disaffected shepherds are devastating parishes and the faith of the Church.
This has been the closest thing to a priest being reinstated because of an angry mob of faithful Catholics I've ever seen.
Charges against faithful for offences against "the unity of the Church" raises red flags.
The bishop should be forced to resign, just like they did to the young tradition minded German bishop ( I don't remember his name), who had the "crime" of remodeling the Bishop's palace at what some thought considerable and unnecessary expense.
Of course there was the staged outrage of the modernists. The case went to Rome.......and naturally and predictably, Pope Francis sided with the rabble of liberal modernists calling for the bishops head. The bishop was sacked.
The bishop Bling was sacked because of the 'lot of money' he spent for his residence, i.e. about 30. mln euros, but the cardinal of the 9 gang, who spent 130 mln for the new residence in Munich, nothing to declare, nothwistanding the catholic frequence at the holy Mass is about 12%, the kirchensstauer is so high that the German church is the richest of the world and when pope Benedict dared to say that the riches don't make holy men, he was mocked by the german media, but this is another story, other times, medieval remaining.
The bishop Bling was sacked because of the 'lot of money' he spent for his residence, i.e. about 30. mln euros, but the cardinal of the 9 gang, who spent 130 mln for the new residence in Munich, nothing to declare, nothwistanding the catholic frequence at the holy Mass is about 12%, the kirchensstauer is so high that the German church is the richest of the world and when pope Benedict dared to say that the riches don't make holy men, he was mocked by the german media, but this is another story, other times, medieval remaining.
That's not really true, Bishop Teberst van-Elst was sacked because he opposed the normalization of sodomy.
Yes that's the real reason why, but you cannot say it, who are you to judge sodomites? Heard about the USA hippy nuns after investigation? Peace and love, they're ok, the problem is the FI......
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