What Kind of Church Traffics and Profits in Pornography?

What Kind of Church Traffics and Profits in Pornography?

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Wednesday, November 2, 2011

Readers of NSAC News were among the first in the English speaking
world to learn yesterday that the Catholic Church in Germany is a:

100% owner of a publishing house, Weltbild, which does a $1.7 billion
business and has an online presence second only to Amazon, and has
2,500 erotica novels in its online catalog

50% owner in the publisher Dromer Knaur which publishes pornographic books

From many a German Bishop's lips, we are sure, has tripped the
Scripture phrase, "when your treasure is, there your heart will be."

Catholics inGermanyincluding the German author Gabriele Kuby and
Bernard Mueller, editor in chief of the Catholic magazine PUR have
been complaining about this hip boot deep involvement of the Church
inGermanyin pornography and erotica for a decade.

So much so that their raising of the alarm reached a 70 page report
stage in 2008 which was sent to every Bishop inGermany.

Nothing happened.

In fact, half of the Bishops didn't even respond to receiving the report.

Now the German Bishops have been outed in the mainstream media.

The German Bishops have already begun to tell us through their
spokespeople that this ownership of pornography and erotic publishing
was an "oversight."

No one comes to hold financial property through an oversight.

The German Bishops have been caught and they are backpedaling and covering up.

Their disinterest and desensitizing in regard to pornography is akin
to the tactic taken by Bishop Robert Finn of Kansas City/St. Joseph
Diocese in theUnited States. Bishop Finn exhibited no responsible
executive inclination to see for himself the images that were on the
computer of a priest in his diocese who is being prosecuted for child
pornography. For this non-reporting, Bishop Finn now finds himself
indicted by the civil authorities.

Neither the German Bishops nor Bishop Finn have thrown their
proverbial arms or voices up in horror in the face of child or adult
pornography,

We've become used to the lameness of the Church's spokesperson's
comments in the clergy (and religious sisters) sexual abuse scandal,
but this one reaches a new level of arrogance. Said theGermanChurch's
spokesperson: immediate corrective action would be taken.

The only immediate corrective action that is equal to this situation
is the immediate removal of all sitting German Bishops by the German
Bishop sitting on the Throne of St. Peter.

No moral statement from any of the German Bishops can have any
standing and will indeed be laughable until these Bishops are removed
from their office.

We have said repeatedly that in the course of the post-Boston era of
the crisis in the Church that the Church has laryngitis in her moral
voice. The outing of the German Bishops in their pushing of
pornography for its profit places a pillow over the Church's mouth.
How long do Catholics think this suffocation will take?

The publishing house in which the Church is the sole owner must be
purged of its erotica titles forthwith. No matter the financial
losses.

The Church must divest itself of its 50% share of the house publishing
pornography, No matter the financial losses.

Whatever money is made should be used for the benefit of the victims
of pornography.

These German Bishops do not operate in a vacuum. Make no mistake about
it: all of the Church is tied to this situation. All of the Church
bears the responsibility if the corrective steps are not taken.

Here is contact information our readers may wish to use for expressing
their opinions.

Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith:
His Eminence William Joseph Levada, Cardinal, Prefect
His Excellency Luis Francisco Ladaria Ferrer, S.J., Secretary
Piazza del S. Uffizio, 11, 00193 Roma, Italy
Telephone: 06.69.88.33.57; 06.69.88.34.13
Fax: 06.69.88.34.09
E-mail: cdf@cfaith.va

Congregation for Bishops
Marc Cardinal Ouellet, Prefect
Palazzo della Congregazioni,
Piazza Pio XII, 10
Roma, Italia
00193
Phone: 06.69.88.42.17
Fax: 06.69.88.53.03

If you do make contact with these Church authorities, please let know
about your correspondence.

- Kristine Ward, Chair, National Survivor Advocates Coalition (NSAC)

Contact: KristineWard@hotmail.com, 937-272-0308

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Here's How The Catholic Church Is Profiting In The German Erotic Novel Industry

By Nick Jardine
Business Insider
Friday, October 28, 2011

One of Germany's largest publishing companies, Weltbild, has over
2,500 erotic novels in its online catalogue. Its owned 100 percent by
the German Catholic Church.

Worldcrunch, summarizing an article by German newspaper Die Welt, says
that for over 10 years Catholics have complained about the company,
which has been owned by the church for over 30 years. The high point
of this opposition came in 2008, when a 70-page report on the book
sales was sent to bishops.

Die Welt reports that the situation came to light after a report this
month mentioned the erotica distributed by Weltbild. The publication
also said that over half of the bishops who were sent the report in
2008 failed to acknowledge receipt of the document.

Weltbild has an annual turnover of EU 1.7 billion ($2.4 billion) and
has a 20 percent market share when it comes to selling books. That
makes it the second largest online retailer of books behind Amazon.

The church also owns a 50 percent stake in publishing company Droemer
Knaur, which also produces pornographic books.

You can read Die Welt's full article (in German) on the issue here:

http://www.welt.de/vermischtes/article13679586/Katholische-Kirche-macht-mit-Pornos-ein-Vermoegen.html

http://articles.businessinsider.com/2011-10-28/europe/30331780_1_book-sales-german-catholic-church-bishops

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