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History throws waves that reach as far as Rome.
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Bishop Charles Morerod, here to the left of the Pope, has launched a preliminary church investigation to investigate allegations of sexual harassment.
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A close confidant of the bishop, Pastor Paul Frochaux, is accused of sexually harassing another priest.
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Alain Raemy, the alleged favorite for the Chur bishopric, is also involved in these allegations.
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As chaplain of the Swiss Guard, he is said to have had a homoerotic relationship with the accused pastor.
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The feud is known from the clergy circles in this country to the Curia of Rome. The Swiss priest Malik Alieu * accuses two clergymen, but above all the pastor Paul Frochaux, of sexually harassing him. In general, a homoerotic climate prevailed in this parsonage in Vaud.
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Bishop Morerod confirms that the priest makes such accusations. When a policeman asked the priest if he had witnessed sexual acts, the man said no.
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Intimacy within the church
Nevertheless, Alieu was a witness to the pastor’s various relationships. Among other things, the then chaplain of the Swiss Guard, Alain de Raemy, was said to have been a regular guest with the pastor. Controversial: De Raemy is traded today as an alleged favorite on the Chur bishop’s chair.
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The pastor rejects the allegations: Alieu “changed after the ordination,” says Frochaux. Above all, Alieu said that the pastor had forbidden him to live with his alleged cousin.
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According to Morerod, he himself asked the priest who raised the charges to go to the police. But he didn’t do that. As a result, he himself contacted the police in accordance with the new guidelines of the Bishops’ Conference, said Morerod.
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The police have already interrogated Alieu and the bishop. According to the regulations, the bishop also wants to initiate a preliminary church investigation against Pastor Frochaux as soon as the police have finished their work. He wants to hire an external lawyer because he is “too close,” says the bishop.
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Old dossier popped up
The charges against Pastor Frochaux go back further than previously thought. As the Zürisee-Zeitung writes, a dossier has emerged that has documented Frochaux’s behavior since 2001. The dossier was created because the pastor was accused of sexually harassing a 17-year-old.
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The dossier was given to the bishop in 2011. Morerod says, however, that he only found the dossier in the course of research for the “Zürisee-Zeitung”. The bishop has already handed the dossier over to the police. Morerod made Frochaux pastor and canon in 2012. (Spr)
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