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It seldom happens that the Catholic online magazine “Church and Life” puts a warning in front of an article.
The report about the abuse in a Catholic children's home in Speyer run by the Niederbronn sisters of the Divine Redeemer in the 1960s and 1970s was "massively disturbing".
Without a doubt: What is described there, you can no longer get out of your head.
Because there representatives of that institution, which often acts with fear of hell, built a hell for themselves.
He was raped 1,000 times, says a 63-year-old who lived in the children's home until 1972.
He speaks of sex parties, of clergy and politicians who have systematically abused girls and boys, brought in by nuns who have received "donations".
The former vicar general Rudolf Motzenbäcker, who has since died, appears as the perpetrator.
After a judgment by the Social Court in Darmstadt, which the abused man had to go to under the Victims Compensation Act, his action for help was upheld.
The diocese of Speyer paid 15,000 euros for “compensation” and 10,000 euros for therapies.
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The court did not consider every allegation to be proven.
This also applies to the allegation that a girl who became pregnant in the course of the abuse was killed.
Overall, however, tests and reports were sufficient to find the victim credible.
This is supported by the unusually open handling of the Speyer bishop Karl-Heinz Wiesemann with the case, who speaks of three further allegations of abuse against Motzenbäcker.
Nevertheless: Why is the public only now finding out about the verdict that was passed in May?
The sisters also want clarification - but regret that they have no access to the archives of the homes they care for.
As if the fight for access wasn't the least they owe the victims.
The church should finally understand that the time for excuses is over.