A group of 11 retired high ranking Catholic priests
is causing vocational drama across Germany with their request to abolish
celibacy in an open letter, written in review of their fifty (50) years as
clergy. They are part of a group of clerics who were anointed in 1967 in
Cologne, a city considered both a Catholic stronghold and one of Germany’s most
progressive and gay-friendly cities.
Speaking to DW, Franz Decker, a retired priest who for over a decade led the Catholic Relief Service in Cologne, said:
Speaking to DW, Franz Decker, a retired priest who for over a decade led the Catholic Relief Service in Cologne, said:
