Anton Aschenbrenner

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Anton Aschenbrenner (* 1962 in Roding ) is a former Catholic priest. He became known for his autobiographical book, which tells of his decision for his family and thus against the church. The book was on the Spiegel bestseller list for 14 weeks .

Life

Aschenbrenner studied Catholic theology and philosophy at the University of Passau and Würzburg from 1982 to 1987 . As a graduate theologian, he was interested in pastoral psychology . In 1987 he was ordained a Catholic deacon , in 1988 a Catholic priest. From 1988 to 2000 he was a high school teacher . From 1991 to 2003 he was pastor in Hintereben . In 1994 he got to know the teacher Birgit Süßke, his current wife, who moved in with him a year later at the parsonage.

It was because of his marriage to Birgit Süßke early 2003 suspended . He resigned from the Catholic Church and was excommunicated when he joined the Evangelical Church in 2003 . In 2005 he resigned from the Protestant Church. The couple have two daughters, the older one was born in 2003.

Aschenbrenner has been working as a freelance theologian, lecturer and ceremonial officer for free weddings since 2003 . He blesses newlyweds and children who are not officially baptized, accompanies terminally ill people on their last life, holds funeral ceremonies in natural cemeteries and in crematoriums where the official church representatives do not go. In 2007 he initiated a weeping forest in Bayerisch Eisenstein in the Bavarian Forest National Park .

On March 14, 2013, he was featured on the cover of Sterns magazine and on March 20, 2013 in the TV talk show Markus Lanz . On May 14, 2014 he and his wife were invited to the talk show Markus Lanz. On March 3, 2016, he was seen in the episode Forbidden Love - A Priest and Celibacy on the television program Planet Wissen .

Publications

  • I love God (and a woman): an ex-pastor tells. dtv Verlagsgesellschaft 2014, ISBN 978-3-423-26033-6 . (14 weeks on the Spiegel bestseller list)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ buchreport.de: I love God (and a woman)
  2. ↑ antonaschenbrenner.de: Biography
  3. ↑ The Cross with Love , interview on onetz.de, May 15, 2014
  4. ↑ spiegel.de: "The Pope would find it weep" , Spiegel Online, May 21, 2014
  5. ↑ pnp.de: Announced 15 years ago: This is how the ex-pastor from the Bavarian Forest is doing today , pnp.de, Passauer Neue Presse , February 8, 2018
  6. ↑ a b Ex-Pastor: There are worse sins than sex , pnp.de, Passauer Neue Presse, May 6, 2014
  7. ↑ Anton Aschenbrenner , dtv.de, accessed on August 15, 2018
  8. ↑ "We don't check the beds" , spiegel.de, February 16, 2004
  9. ^ The ex-priest Anton Aschenbrenner , Bayern 2 , Land und Menschen , br.de, March 22, 2015
  10. ↑ Spiritual framework, but very individual , zeit.de, April 3, 2017
  11. ↑ Anton Aschenbrenner: "The Church's threatening sword is blunted" , hogn.de, December 10, 2012
  12. ↑ 10 Years of Weeping Forest in Bayerisch Eisenstein - Review and Outlook with Anton Aschenbrenner! , Donau TV , October 30, 2017
  13. ↑ What is actually ... the new "star" doing? , welt.de , March 15, 2013
  14. ↑ Markus Lanz (from March 20, 2013) - ZDF (2/5) , from 6:05 min , Aschenbrenner's appearance, YouTube
  15. ↑ Markus Lanz episode guide , fernsehserien.de, accessed on August 15, 2018
  16. ↑ Forbidden Love - A Priest and Celibacy , Planet Wissen , ARD Mediathek , March 3, 2016
  17. ↑ I love God (and a woman). In: book report. Retrieved August 15, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Aschenbrenner, Anton
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Catholic priest (1991 to 2003) and theologian
DATE OF BIRTH 1962
PLACE OF BIRTH Roding