Several complaints against the well-known priest: sexual Harassment and threats

A priest from the greater Copenhagen is accustomed to the spotlight. Regularly he mixes in the public debate and is an avid participant in both the tv and radio

Ann McDonald
Ann McDonald
08 February 2020 Saturday 02:00
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Several complaints against the well-known priest: sexual Harassment and threats

A priest from the greater Copenhagen is accustomed to the spotlight. Regularly he mixes in the public debate and is an avid participant in both the tv and radio programmes.

the Priest's moralprædikener, however, is in stark contrast to the stories, Ekstra Bladet can now tell.

A wide variety of sources, which Ekstra Bladet has spoken with, and complaints, which the newspaper has come in possession of, paints a picture of a priest who has a cross-border, threatening and sexual behaviour towards colleagues, the congregation, and, indeed, equal in the eyes.

Despite the living the priest still in his skattebetalte parsonage, while he right now is on leave.

the Extra Leaf has for months been trying to find out how many complaints were sent to the bishop regarding the priest. Requests for access to documents has, however, been rejected by the Ministry and the Diocese in several stages.

Despite the blackout has Extra Leaf of its own operation got three complaints and has the knowledge of a further two - the oldest of these five complaints is back from 2015. Four of the complaints are sent to the Copenhagen Diocese. The last one is sent to the labour inspectorate.

the Complaints describes a cross-border behavior - also of a sexual nature. Among other writing menighedsrådsformanden in a complaint that the priest repeatedly subjected her to sexual harassment and verbal overfusninger.

the President's appeal has flourished in the kirkemiljøet and reached all the way to the Extra Blade, which has been confirmed during the complaint's validity by the president.

Ekstra Bladet have also spoken with parents who have complained about the priest. He had to bury the couple's five-year child and chose to ask them about incest under begravelsessamtalen, as the family comes from Greenland.

in addition to the five complaints have Ekstra Bladet sought access to a report from 2015, where the church, which the priest belongs, got an injunction from the labour inspection. The monitoring report describes how the servants of the church 'regularly' was subjected to 'psychological violence and threats' by one of the priests. Several sources, who participated in the study, explains to Ekstra Bladet, that it is the prominent priest from Copenhagen, referred to in the report.

One of the complaints comes from a family who lost their five-year-old child due to cardiac arrest. The reviled priest, which stood for the funeral, chose to talk about incest to the grieving parents. Ekstra Bladet has spoken with the mother of the deceased child. Her story comes out at eb.com in the morning. Photo: Aleksander Klug

the Priest is now on leave, but no one - neither church, priest, or bishop - will tell you why.

a Few months before the leave started in november 2019, was he also exempt from konfirmandundervisningen. It is evidenced by a menighedsrådsmødereferat.

Before this happened, he reached, however, confirms a now 16-year-old girl, which Ekstra Bladet has spoken with. The girl and her mother, Mette Rasmussen, the prosecutor in the day the priest for having taken the young boy on the ass and ironed her over the breasts back in 2018 in connection with the konfirmationsundervisningen.

the Mother, Mette Rasmussen, never complained about the priest, because his daughter was afraid of the priest's reaction. the

Will not answer criticism
Ekstra Bladet has offered the priest to make up for the interview, but the priest did not wish to answer Ekstra question. The priest and his advisor have proposed a number of conditions and requirements to participate in an interview, which Ekstra Bladet has not wanted to meet.

the Extra Leaf has the choice to anonymize the priest, since the magazine is informed by multiple sources with knowledge of the matter, that the priest and the many complaints against him are being investigated in the Copenhagen Diocese and ecclesiastical affairs.

Violation in the parish

the Extra Leaf has the choice to anonymize the priest, since the magazine is informed by multiple sources with knowledge of the matter, that the priest and the many complaints against him are being investigated in the Copenhagen Diocese and ecclesiastical affairs.

Despite repeated attempts to get the priest to relate to the criticism he has not wanted to respond on the Extra Magazine in question.

the Newspaper learns that the priest is convinced that there is someone in the church, the ward council, provstiet and the Copenhagen Diocese, joined in a plot against him. There should even be ’forces higher up in the people ecclesiastical hierarchy’, undermining the priest.

the Extra Leaf has been in contact with 13 persons with a close relationship to the church, where the priest belongs to. None of these hills the priest up. Ekstra Bladet learns, however, that there should be a person in the ward council, which supports the priest. We have tried to get a comment from him, but she has not answered our calls.

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Updated: 08.02.2020 02:00