Philippe Bär
Ronald Philippe Bär,(born July 29, 1928)[1]is a retiredDutchRoman Catholicbishop. He was born inManado,North Sulawesi,thenDutch East Indies.He was bishop of theDiocese of Rotterdamfrom October 19, 1983, to March 13, 1993, as well as bishop of the Dutchmilitary ordinariate.[1]He resigned unexpectedly because of rumours of homosexual contacts.[2]
Roman Catholic sex abuse case
[edit]In 2011, Bär's name was mentioned in connection with a sex abuse case involving a Roman Catholic priest, who reportedly abused dozens of children in the period from 1987 to 2008: "The cardinal (Cardinal Simonis) was told by the then bishop of Rotterdam, Philippe Bär, that the priest had sexually abused underage boys in his parish in Zoetermeer. Bishop Bär wanted the priest out of his diocese. Archbishop Simonis then arranged for the man to be moved to a parish in Amersfoort. "[3][4]
See also
[edit]- CardinalAdrianus Johannes Simonis
References
[edit]- ^ab"Bishop Ronald Philippe Bär, O.S.B."Catholic-Hierarchy.org.David M. Cheney.Retrieved21 January2015.
- ^Henk Mulder."De sex en de machinaties in het Rolduc van Gijsen"(in Dutch).De Volkskrant,August 31, 1999.
- ^"Dutch Cardinal protected paedophile priest".RNW Media.Archived fromthe originalon 17 February 2017.
- ^"Cardinal Ad Simonis accused of protecting abuser priest".BBC News.11 February 2011.
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