- It's tragic.
The church must stand for reconciliation and completely different values.
I feel a general frustration that this could not be solved in any other way, says David Tosteberg parish pastor in Gudmundrå in Kramfors.
"Deeply desperate"
It was last week that it emerged that there is a deep conflict at the diocesan office in Härnösand and that the diocesan board no longer has confidence in the bishop.
- I am deeply desperate about how it is at the diocesan office.
It's hard for everyone.
The bishop is needed and what happens to continuing education, pastoral clinics and does she want to stay?
Charlotte Odelberg, parish priest in Sollefteå, wonders.
Fix it!
She has an appeal to those responsible:
- Add all the required resources and solve it!
Do you trust the bishop?
- Absolutely!
I do not understand why she should not stay?
Listening bishop
David Tosteberg also wants to see Eva Nordung Byström remain as bishop.
- Yes absolutely.
She clearly stands for the Christian gospel, she is listening and you can play things with her, he says.
Like the top of a Christmas tree
In Timrå parish, the pastor also emphasizes the bishop's important role in the church.
- This affects the entire organization.
It's like removing the star or angel at the top of a Christmas tree.
Is it a Christmas tree then?
It is not just a symbolic question, says Maria Ålander, who is the pastor in Timrå.
Questions the handling
She also questions the consequences of politicians wanting to remove an elected bishop.
- You can not depose a bishop.
She is elected by elected politicians, priests and deacons in the diocese of Härnösand.
Then you take a step away from what we know as the Church of Sweden, which is an episcopal * church in its structure.
* Episcopal means a structure in which the bishop has a leading function and role.