>The question remains how it is possible that those people, after everything that has happened, are still priests today. “Every time a settlement is reached, we ask Rome that question. And they are usually laicized (so they lose their priest status, ed.).” One of the priests in question is currently before the Vatican.
>However, the Church can punish severely if it really wants to. “If a priest marries, he is thrown out the same day. He will never end up on such a list again. Or if somewhere in a parish a layman or a woman has celebrated the Eucharist, that is a tragedy. But perpetrators of sexual abuse remain normal.”
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>The question remains how it is possible that those people, after everything that has happened, are still priests today. “Every time a settlement is reached, we ask Rome that question. And they are usually laicized (so they lose their priest status, ed.).” One of the priests in question is currently before the Vatican.
>Devillé sighs: “Why do they only act when complaints arise? Why can’t they take the initiative themselves?” He has little confidence that much will improve. “That is a world that does not learn from what has gone wrong. So many bishops and superiors have now testified in parliament. You would almost feel sorry. But you have only just got home and it is happening again.”
>However, the Church can punish severely if it really wants to. “If a priest marries, he is thrown out the same day. He will never end up on such a list again. Or if somewhere in a parish a layman or a woman has celebrated the Eucharist, that is a tragedy. But perpetrators of sexual abuse remain normal.”