Beyond the internal view

Beyond the internal view

In the appointment of its committees for abuse prevention and processing, the diocese of Osnabruck wants to improve. In the future, even more external experts will be involved in the six working groups.

"We are responding to criticism of the original plans," said diocese spokesman Hermann Haarmann. Bishop Franz-Josef Bode had presented the new concept of the diocese for the fight against abuse at the end of February. Already in this external experts should be involved.

The aim is to prevent "assessments and decisions from being corrupted simply by being limited to an internal view, perhaps even by false considerations or dependencies," Bode said at the presentation in February.

External professionals should make up at least 50 percent

Now still further external experts should be added, so Haarmann. Aimed for at least a fifty-fifty rule would be. For the steering group, there is even a 3:2 ratio in favor of experts from outside the church.

According to information, the CDU politician and former Hessian Secretary of State for Culture Heinz Wilhelm Brockmann (71) will join the steering group. He was vice president of the Central Committee of German Catholics (ZdK) from 2001 to 2009.

Also new in the group for the control of the bodies is a person affected by sexual abuse by a priest, who was not mentioned by name. It was already known that Thomas Veen, President of the District Court of Osnabruck, Yvonne von Wulfen, Head of the Personnel Development Department of the Diocese, and Auxiliary Bishop Johannes Wubbe would be present.

Quick action on current cases

In addition, the task of coordination in the prevention working group will also be increased by initially half a position and from 2020 a full position, it was said. In addition, other external committee members would be sought.

The committees are to deal with the fields of action prevention, rapid action in current cases, accompaniment of victims, dealing with perpetrators, as well as systemic fundamental ies of the church. The steering group is a control authority over all five areas.

At the presentation, Bode had also emphasized in particular the involvement of women as important. They bring a different view of things into the debates and are "indispensable". The bishop himself wants to participate in the working group "Systemic Questions of Principle. It will deal with the coexistence of women and men in the church, hierarchy ies and the lifestyles of priests, as well as the sexual morality of the church.

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