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Abuse of power: A church in denial?

February 14, 2019

Following revelations of the sexual abuse of children and youths in the Catholic Church, Pope Francis has now publicly acknowledged the sexual abuse of nuns. Can the church reform itself? Our guests: Philipp Gessler (Zeitzeichen), Amrita Cheema (DW), Claudia Keller (Chrismon).

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Our guests:

Quadriga Sendung 14.02.2019 Gessler Philipp
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Philipp Gessler works for the monthly magazine “Zeitzeichen”. And he says: “The sexual abuse scandal in the catholic church is also a wake-up call to globally reform itself.”



 

Quadriga Sendung 14.02.2019 Cheema Amrita
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Amrita Cheema is an anchor and journalist at DW news. She studied in convent schools run by Catholic nuns in India.  And she says: "The survivors of abuse need to be protected not the perpetrators for the Church to remain relevant”.



 

Quadriga Sendung 14.02.2019 Keller Claudia
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Claudia Keller is an editor for the monthly magazine “Chrismon”. And she says: “The problem of sexual abuse is so fundamental, that it has the power to destroy the church".