Willibald Harrer

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Willibald Harrer (born February 14, 1951 in Liebenstadt , Heideck ) is a German Catholic clergyman.

Life

In 1977 the Bishop of Eichstätt Alois Brems ordained him as a priest. Then he was chaplain in Berching and Nuremberg . This was followed by an appointment as pastor in Saxony - Lichtenau and Ingolstadt - Etting .

In 1997 he became Regens of the Collegium Willibaldinum . From 2001 he was cathedral capitular and Caritas director in the episcopal ordinariate . At the end of 2010 he became dean of the cathedral .

After the bishop released him for a year, he became financial director of the Eichstätt diocese in September 2010 .

At the end of 2016, he resigned from his position as finance and construction director without giving a reason. In February 2018 it became known that he had countersigned loan agreements that caused the diocese to damage up to 50 million euros.

Quote from the complaint against the deputy finance director about Willibald Harrer:

"It was about a clergyman" without in-depth economic knowledge "."

On February 5, 2019, an interim report by the Munich law firm Westpfahl Spilker Wastl, commissioned by Bishop Hanke, was presented to the public on the results of their investigations entitled "Financial scandal in the Diocese of Eichstätt - causes, responsibilities, consequences and experiences" . In it, the responsibility and procedure of the bodies involved and the person responsible for the financial administration of the diocese, including that of the former finance director, are discussed in detail.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Heideck: Cathedral dean Willibald Harrer from Selingstadt celebrates his 40th anniversary as a pastor . In: donaukurier.de . ( donaukurier.de [accessed on February 11, 2018]).
  2. ↑ Cathedral dean Willibald Harrer turns 65 - finance and building director of the diocese of Eichstätt . In: Diocese of Eichstätt . ( bistum-eichstaett.de [accessed on February 11, 2018]).
  3. ↑ Daniel Deckers, Financial Scandal: How the Diocese of Eichstätt Lost Money in America, in: FAZ, February 5, 2018 available online
  4. ↑ Diocese of Eichstätt files charges against ex-employees. Retrieved February 11, 2018 .
  5. ↑ https://www.bistum-eichstaett.de/fileadmin/finanzen/pruefbericht/Gutachten_Dioezese_Eichstaett.pdf Westpfahl, Spilker, Wastl Rechtsanwälte. Ulrich Wastl, Martin Pusch, financial scandal in the diocese of Eichstätt - causes, responsibilities, consequences and recommendations, as of February 3, 2019 Audit report in full
  6. ↑ https://www.bistum-eichstaett.de/fileadmin/finanzen/pruefbericht/Gutachten_Dioezese_Eichstaett_Kurzfassung.pdf Westpfahl, Spilker, Wastl Rechtsanwälte. Ulrich Wastl, Martin Pusch, financial scandal in the diocese of Eichstätt - causes, responsibilities, consequences and recommendations, as of February 3, 2019 short version for the press conference on February 5, 2019
  7. ↑ Katja Riedel ( WDR ), test report on the diocese of Eichstätt. "A wet biotope for criminals" , in: tagesschau.de, February 5, 2019 2:10 p.m.
  8. ^ Matthias Drobinski , Nicolas Richter and Katja Riedel, financial scandal in the diocese. Billing with the Eichstätt system , in: Süddeutsche Zeitung , February 5, 2019, 1:02 p.m.
personal data
SURNAME Harrer, Willibald
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Catholic clergyman
DATE OF BIRTH February 14, 1951
PLACE OF BIRTH Liebenstadt , Heideck