Serious allegations in the lower Austrian Cistercian monastery are now calling the Holy Stuhl on stage. A letter from June already announces an apostolic visitation, a real shock for the Catholic Church in the country – a delicate search for traces for abuse & co.
Abbey van Heiligenkreuz, an oasis of piety and salvation, was recently found in the visor of church research. A letter from June already announces an apostolic visit, a real shock for the Catholic Church in the country. For years, the busy fathers, located in the Lower Austrian Wienerwald, are considered to present a religious stronghold and the sampling. Behind the scenes there must also be power struggle, envious debates and anonymous accusations.
Puzzle rates for reasons for apostolic control
The reason for the inspection among the Cistercians must, according to the first reports of local and ecclesiastical media-contraversial staff decisions. But the rumor mill is bubbling more and more violent, and now voices are loud who speak of “systematic abuse” among brothers. “We have been speculating for years – also open, now it is finally used,” a brother explains in an interview with the “Kroon”.
However, the leadership days are not yet clear: people want to look forward to visiting the Vatican Order Authority with confidence, said earlier John Paul Chavanne, and he was grateful “for the support and help” where the house could need them.
Incidentally, in 2022, a church law investigation was conducted in the Abbey of Klosterneuburg on abuse or dealing. The already emeritus provost Bernhard Backovsky was officially admonished at the time. The focus was on failures in the prevention or processing of abuse cases and with regard to sexual misconduct by members.
Serious consequences threaten inspection
The fact is that if the allegations in the south of Vienna now harden, in an emergency there is also threatening to remove the Abt Maximilian Heim and the “forced lowization”, that is, the removal of monks. The future of Arch -Conservative University can also be questioned indirectly. An end result of the committee is only expected within a few months.
Source: Krone
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