Details of Schoenstatt founder abuse and coercion allegations emerge

CNA Staff, Nov 5, 2020 / 12:05 pm (CNA).-  

A Church historian has published some details regarding the allegations of abuse made against  Fr. Josef Kentenich, founder of the Schoenstatt ecclesial movement. The movement has rejected claims that its founder engaged in sexual abuse, while in July a German bishops announced that a commission would review the priest’s beatification process.