DEUTSCHLAND
Berliner Zeitung

[Summary: Jesuit Father Klaus Mertes said bishops involved in abuse cover-ups should lose or resign their office. Archishop Gerhard Ludwig Mueller, now prefect for the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, cover-up in Regensburg. Soon to be a cardinal, Mueller is the number three person in the Vatican and is still telling stories about malicious press campaigns against the Catholic Church, said. Father Mertes said Archbishop Mueller shows no trace of remorse and has not shown willingness to engage in structural problems of the church in context of abuse, he added. Mueller simply continues as if nothing happened. The situation is unbearable for the victims, he said. Mertes asked how Mueller could actually be credible regarding abuse. The issue goes behind Mueller and others in the Vatican show unwillingness to confront the problem in all its depth.]

Jesuitenpater Klaus Mertes spricht im Interview mit der…