Listen "Good Shepherds – Black Sheep: Catholic Priests as Stasi Collaborators in East Germany"
Episode Synopsis
It sounds like a James Bond movie: Catholic priests as spies who collaborated with the secret police. Clergymen who met in secret with officers of the socialist regime to report about other church members. High representatives of the church who willingly violated their own moral standards. Another scandal in recent church history, that has been kept secret for too long?
Let’s turn to Dr. Orit Gazit, who is interviewing Dr. Gregor Buss, a Catholic theologian and ethicist.
Let’s turn to Dr. Orit Gazit, who is interviewing Dr. Gregor Buss, a Catholic theologian and ethicist.
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