Hamburger Abendblatt
February 7, 2010
http://www.abendblatt.de/region/norddeutschland/article1373199/Mea-Culpa-Kirche-gesteht-Schuld-nach-Missbrauch.html
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| Mit einem beispiellosen Schuldeingestandnis hat die katholische Kirche in Hannover auf den Missbrauchsskandal durch Geistliche reagiert. |
In allen Kirchen des Bistums Hildesheim wurde an diesem Sonntag eine Erklarung von Bischof Norbert Trelle verlesen.
Hannover. Es ist totenstill in der Basilika St. Clemens in Hannover, als Propst Martin Tenge mit einer knappen Geste einen fur die katholische Kirche entscheidenden Schritt tut: „Mea Culpa“, sagt der Geistliche im Sonntagsgottesdienst und schlagt sich mit der Faust auf die Brust. Nach dem Skandal um Missbrauch durch Jesuiten-Pater, die sich auch in Niedersachsen an Kindern vergangen haben, sieht der Regionaldechant die ganze Kirche in der Verantwortung. „Die ganze Institution hat Schuld, weil sie fur eine Mentalitat gesorgt hat, 'bitte nicht daruber reden'.“
[summary]
It's deathly quiet in St. Clement Basilica in Hanover as Dean Martin Tenge made a gesture that is an important step for the Catholic Church. "Mea Culpa," he said during the Sunday service and he put his fist to his chest. Rev. Tenge said the whole church is responsible for the sexual abuse of minors by priests because of the "let's not talk about it" mentality.
He told the packed church that he knew priests who were perpetrators and he knew a lot of casualties. He said the victims are owed a deep apology.
Catholics attending Mass Sunday at churches in the Hildesheim diocese heard the priest read a letter from Bishop Norbert Trelle. He said response to allegations of abuse by church authorities is a shame and outrage. He is asking victims to come foward.
In Hanover, several women brought a small group of children for worship in the Children's Church located in the basilica basement. Dean Tenge said the women had not yet been informed of the unexpected focus of worship but this was not a problem. A communion candle burned on the altar while the pastor spoke in personal terms of the abuse problem.
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