Change in the archdiocese of york

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Change in the archdiocese of york

Stephen Cottrell, hitherto Anglican Bishop of Chelmsford, will be ordained on 9. July Archbishop of York and thus second highest official in the state church of England. Cottrell to succeed John Sentamu.

On this Sunday, Sentamu will step down shortly before his 71. Retirement on his birthday. Cottrell, a father of three, will serve the 98. Bishop of York. During the sede vacante, the leadership of the Archdiocese of York rests with the suffragan bishop of Whitby, Paul Ferguson, assisted by the bishops of Beverley, Selby and Hull. A service of thanksgiving for Sentamu's tenure was originally planned for Sunday at York Cathedral. Instead, it takes place in the morning on Facebook and YouTube.

Britain's first black archbishop

John Tucker Mugabi Sentamu, at 10. June 1949 in Kampala/Uganda as 6. born of 13 children, was the first black archbishop of Great Britain. He was appointed Archbishop of York at the end of 2005. In the summer of 2012, he was considered a favorite to become Anglican Primate and Archbishop of Canterbury. However, the contract was then awarded to former oil executive Justin Welby.

Part of the evangelical wing of the church, Sentamu advocated both the embattled women's priesthood and the use of modern media such as the Alexa voice-controlled speaker for missionary work. His skills as one of the best experts on Anglican canon law proved valuable in times of threatened schism.

Cottrell became the 31. Born August 1958 and served as bishop of Reading from 2004 to 2010. Since then, he has led the diocese of Chelmsford in the eastern English county of Essex. Anglican Primate and Archbishop of Canterbury Welby praised Cottrell as a clergyman "who writes beautifully, thinks deeply and communicates superbly".

Do not twist facts

Bishop Franz Jung © Harald Oppitz (KNA)

With a signature campaign, an initiative in the diocese of Wurzburg wants to support the priest of the parish community "Holy Cross Bad Bocklet", who was convicted of sexual abuse. Wurzburg Bishop Franz Jung reacts in anger.

He has now distanced himself from the action. In a statement published in Wurzburg on Monday, he called on the organizers and signers to accept the verdict and the suffering of those affected and not to distort facts. The actions counteracted in a "bizarre and scandalous way" the efforts of the diocese of Wurzburg to come to terms with the sexual abuse and caused serious damage to the parish, diocese and church as a whole.

According to the bishop, they showed with dismay that obviously in parts of the inner-church public it had still not arrived that sexual abuse was a crime that could not be tolerated.

Priest will not return

As bishop, he also clarified: "The convicted priest will definitely not return to the parish community 'Holy Cross Bad Bocklet' and has renounced the parishes. All further measures taken by the diocese against the priest will be clarified in the ecclesiastical proceedings."

Jung was reacting to several collections of signatures in the parish community for a pastor. In August 2020, the priest was convicted by the Bad Kissingen district court of two counts of sexual abuse of an altar girl who was twelve years old at the time of the crime.

He received a suspended sentence of one year and four months and a fine of 1.200 euros. Both the clergyman and the public prosecutor's office withdrew their appeal before the Schweinfurt Regional Court after the victim had testified again. The verdict of the district court thus became legally binding.

Diocese had made case public

According to media reports, the parishioners' argument is based on statements by the woman that she did not perceive the acts as abuse. In addition, they refer to alleged statements of the priest. Part, therefore, is calling for the priest's reinstatement because he is innocent, the reports said.

Another part appeals to the bishop to apply extenuating circumstances in the ongoing canonical proceedings. The diocese had made the case public in the spring of 2019 and prohibited the priest from exercising his priestly ministry. This is still valid.

In the dispute over Augsburg Bishop Walter Mixa, the church policy spokesman for the Greens and the Forum of German Catholics (FDK) have now also spoken out. On this site, the Green Party's Josef Winkler regretted Claudia Roth's choice of words, but maintained his criticism of Bishop Mixa's content. This defends itself on Thursday in the this site. In a statement, Hubert Gindert of the FDK stressed the "incompatibility of Green and Christian positions," saying Roth's remarks were reminiscent of the "aggressive tone of the Nazis and the Communists". Meanwhile, the public relations officer of the diocese of Augsburg regrets his own NS comparison.

In a speech on the dispute over the expansion of childcare, Green Party leader Claudia Roth had dubbed Augsburg Bishop Mixa a "crazy, divisive grandfundi from Augsburg". Thereupon the public relations officer of the diocese Augsburg, Dirk Hermann Vob, reproached her, her attack reminds in the choice of words "in frightening way of the propaganda agitation of the National Socialists against the Catholic church and its representatives". He said he has long recognized "disturbing fascistoid traits" in Roth's personal attacks and her attempt to turn herself into a "censorship authority".This comparison had then led to serious disgruntlement between the Central Council of Jews in Germany and the Catholic Church. Central Council President Charlotte Knobloch demanded steps against Mixa from the Vatican in Munich on Monday.

Augsburg diocesan advisor Vob moves away from NS comparison Meanwhile, Vob pleads for "verbal disarmament" on both sides. He backed away from his own NS comparison at the same time in a press release in Augsburg on Wednesday. This historical comparison was "unnecessary in retrospect," the public relations officer acknowledged.In view of the intemperance of Roth's statements, which were unprecedented toward a Catholic bishop in Germany, the criticism "initially came out harsher than necessary". With his reaction, he had not wanted to offend anyone, but to admonish a democratic culture of debate.At the same time, Vob called on the Greens to clarify their position "in order to re-establish a reasonable basis for discussion between Bishop Mixa and the party". The diocesan retracted his statement that the Greens were no longer electable for Christians. "Of course, there is also common ground between the Church and the Greens in important policy areas, such as the preservation of creation or bioethics," Vob said.

Winkler: All parties involved should row back Josef Winkler, church policy spokesman for the Green Party, admits on this site that one cannot expect a factual counter-argument if one turns against a bishop in this manner. Nevertheless, the reaction of Bishop Mixa's spokesman was absolutely exaggerated. To put Claudia Roth on the same level with the National Socialists is "an inappropriate comparison". "I think that's where all the participants should row back a bit and weigh their words better," Winkler said. In a political debate, it's possible to lose one's cool. Only, he said, they should not dwell on it and take up the differences more on the basis of their real ies. "The political debate certainly stops at "wacky,"" explains Winkler. "I think now, however, the steam should be taken out of the boiler."

Forum of German Catholics: "Greens" are enemies of Christianity! From the " Forum of German Catholics", however, come statements that are more likely to fuel the dispute. "What you get to hear from Claudia Roth was most recently the aggressive tone of the Nazis and the communists," explained their chairman Hubert Gindert. The leader of her party would have unmasked all the talk by other "Greens" about the compatibility of their political goals with Christianity and the church as tactical maneuvers: "Even 20 years later, Cardinal Hoffner's statement about the incompatibility of Green and Christian positions remains," said Gindert. The "Greens" are simply enemies of Christianity and fight against Christian forms in the legal system, society and culture. They were to blame for the "collapse of public education in some parts of Germany" and the "decline of ethics in dealing with sexuality, marriage and the family."Mixa also received backing from the State Committee of Catholics in Bavaria. National committee head Helmut Mangold called on Roth to apologize for her "intolerable" choice of words. Mixa argues "factual and restrained" in dispute over family policy. However, Mangold distanced himself from the statements of the diocesan spokesman. The Nazi comparison is "not appropriate".

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