Over 100 LGBT Catholic church officials stage mass coming-out in Germany
(archive.md)https://archive.md/USZXtMore than 100 Catholic church officials in Germany come out as LGBT, queer or non-binary, adding to calls for reform within the crisis-hit church.
Demands for a more liberal attitude to homosexuality within the German church have coincided with uproar over reports of widespread child sex abuse by Catholic clergymen in the country, including allegations of cases in which former pope Benedict XVI failed to act.
The 125-strong group, which includes priests and workers in education and administration, publish a statement demanding an end to the “discrimination and exclusion” they had experienced.