Today in Rhein-Main: Not good news

Good evening,

in the week before Christmas we would rather send you a cheerful and contemplative newsletter, but the times are not like that.

A youth soccer coach from SV Wehen Wiesbaden is in custody because he is said to have drugged and then raped several young players.

It is unclear whether the acts took place in the vicinity of the club and whether youth players from SV contractions were among the victims.

The alleged perpetrator had previously worked as a coach for several other clubs in the region.

Manfred Koehler

Deputy head of the regional section of the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung and editor-in-chief of the business magazine Metropol.

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The situation in the corona intensive care unit at the Frankfurt University Clinic is still depressing.

Marie Lisa Kehler and the photographer Lucas Bäuml had the opportunity to visit the intensive care unit, the report and the photos testify to the severity of the epidemic, but also to the great and brave efforts of the doctors and nurses.

The fact that most of the seriously ill there are not vaccinated again raises the question of how people can behave so carelessly.

In the investigative committee of the Hessian state parliament on the murders in Hanau in February 2020, the bereaved had the floor in the first meetings. It should be a sign that they are being heard. Some have made serious allegations, against the authorities in general and against certain politicians in particular, namely Prime Minister Volker Bouffier (CDU). Our state parliament correspondent Ewald Hetrodt worries in a comment that the committee of inquiry is already being used for political purposes.

And also colleague Martin Benninghoff interviewed the Limburg bishop Georg Bätzing, who admits a growing gap between the church and society;

the Rhein-Main business editorial team presents its “heads of the year” in regional business life;

reports the regional culture department on a DVD with historical image films about Frankfurt.

I wish you a pleasant evening

Yours Manfred Köhler

The

for Tuesday

Today there is a lot of sunshine after local fog.

The temperature rises to 2 degrees.

At night it is often clear with a frosty cold minus 5 degrees.

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on

Theodor Weimer

, CEO of Deutsche Börse AG, Frankfurt (62);

(CDU), member of the German Bundestag, Rödermark (58);

, outgoing CEO of Datron AG, Mühltal (55);

(independent), State Secretary in the Hessian Ministry of the Environment (54);

, director, actor and author (50) from Offenbach;

, professional golfer at the Neuhof Golf Club, Dreieich (27).