Michael Fuchs (priest)

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Michael Fuchs (* 1964 in Schwarzach , District of Bogen ) is Vicar General of the Diocese of Regensburg .

Life

Michael Fuchs grew up in his hometown, passed the Abitur in Straubing , studied theology in Regensburg and Rome and was ordained a priest in 1990 . He then worked as a chaplain at St. Konrad in Weiden in the Upper Palatinate and at Herz-Jesu in Schwandorf .

From 1994 to 1998 he was diocesan youth pastor and BDKJ diocesan president. From 1998 he was pastor in Waldsassen and from 2001 also dean for the dean's office in Tirschenreuth . On August 10, 2004, Bishop Gerhard Ludwig Müller appointed him to the Episcopal Spiritual Council . From November 21, 2005 until the Sedis vacancy on July 2, 2012 he was Vicar General of the Bishop of Regensburg. From July 3, 2012 to January 26, 2013 he was deputy to the diocesan administrator Wilhelm Gegenfurtner . He has been a member of the cathedral chapter since 2006 . He was given the title of Monsignor in 2007 and that of the Papal Honorary Prelate in 2010.

On January 29, 2013, Bishop Rudolf Voderholzer appointed him - with effect from January 26, 2013 - vicar general as well as moderator and chancellor of the diocesan curia of the diocese of Regensburg.

Criticism of Vicar General Fuchs

In dealing with sexual abuse by clergymen of the Regensburg diocese , serious allegations were made against Fuchs. In May 2010, the mayor of Riekofen accused the episcopal ordinariate of having "downright deceived" the parish. Vicar General Fuchs should have kept an eye on Pastor Peter K., who had a criminal record, and should have informed the Riekofen parish. There there were further sexual assaults by the priest.

In November 2014, Fuchs presented for the first time figures on positively resolved applications for recognition of sexual abuse suffered. Affected former "Domspatzen" criticized the fact that the report presented by Fuchs was "an inconclusive string of figures", "with which the diocese wanted to take pressure off the public discussion".

In January 2015, research by a journalist came to the conclusion that Vicar General Fuchs had systematically concealed the actual extent of sexual abuse in the diocese of Regensburg in his 2011 report. The report is based on the destruction of files on an extraordinarily large scale and a tendentious selection. Fuchs systematically cover up due to a “mixture of personal involvement, clerical protection of class and operational blindness”.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Citizens of Riekofen feel deceived Report in the Süddeutsche Zeitung from May 19, 2010.
  2. ↑ "We would have expected something else for our souls" report in the Süddeutsche Zeitung of November 12, 2014.
  3. ^ Diocese in the "stage of the fighting phase" , report on regensburg-digital from January 22, 2015.

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personal data
SURNAME Fuchs, Michael
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German priest, prelate, vicar general and moderator of the Curia of the Diocese of Regensburg
DATE OF BIRTH 1964
PLACE OF BIRTH Schwarzach