A German bishop has raved against “patriarchy” and traditional gender roles while claiming sexual and gender “identity” is part of God’s design for humanity.
Ludger Schepers, auxiliary bishop of Essen and “Queer affairs representative” of the German Bishops’ Conference, lamented in comments to the Catholic press agency KNA that the Church has “not only tolerated but actively promoted” patriarchal structures for centuries.
A patriarchal view of humanity has nothing to do with the Christian faith, but only with the will to power, Schepers argued. Anyone who still defends this today “betrays their own message,” said the auxiliary bishop of Essen. He said the Church must take a clear stance and not tolerate “discrimination.” He sees a return to traditional gender roles as a “misguided path.”
“The diversity of human identities – whether homosexual, transgender, or intersex – is not a modern construct, but part of God’s plan of creation,” Schepers claimed.
He furthermore stated that those who exclude people based on their perceived “identity” are not acting in the name of the Catholic faith, but in the service of an ideology that has nothing in common with Christianity.
He demanded that the Church include “queer people” and take “all genders” seriously.
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