A Gallup poll released then found that 69 percent of regular churchgoers thought Groër should quit as archbishop.

According to Meisner, these were dark days for the “exiled” cardinal who “sank into loneliness and contempt.”Later in the fall of 1998, Groër returned to Austria and quietly resettled in his old Benedictine monastic community at St. Joseph’s Abbey in Sankt Polten, his “grave illness” having been cured merely by a short lapse of time.

April 1942 durch Sein Wirken bestimmte schließlich der bei Hollabrunn gelegene alte Marienwallfahrtsort Am 15. zum Erzbischof von Wien ernannt und empfing am 14.

Juli 1986 wurde Hans Hermann Groër von Papst Johannes Paul II. But Fischer’s accusations including his personal testimony that he himself was sexually abused by Groër apparently fell upon deaf ears. The text of his private meeting with Austrian bishops was released later; it read: “Like every house that has special rooms that are not open to all guests,” the church needs “rooms for discussions behind closed doors.”March 24, 2003, Groër died of pneumonia at a hospital outside Vienna where he was being treated for cancer. To his credit, Rooney spoke in private with anyone who had something to contribute to the investigation including priests, monks, novices and seminarians.Among the Benedictine clergy of Göttweig Abbey who Rooney interviewed was Prior Gottfried Schatz, an early whistle blower againstGroër.

Am 15. The news agency of the Roman Catholic Church in Austria says a former Archbishop of Vienna, Cardinal Hans Hermann Groer, is to go into exile, because of accusations against him of sexual misconduct.

35 ans plus tard, à l'âge de 58 ans, il entre dans l'Ordre de Saint-Benoît et devient donc bénédictin. Czernin started at the bottom of the ladder at The startling conclusion of Czernin’s investigation was that Groër had sex with over 2,000 young men, mostly seminarians and monks, starting in the 1950s and ending in the 1990s.

Während eines Fronturlaubes empfing er am 12. Hans Hermann Groër is within the scope of WikiProject Catholicism, an attempt to better organize and improve the quality of information in articles related to the Catholic Church. Hans Hermann Groër est ordonné prêtre le 12 avril 1942 par le cardinal Theodor Innitzer pour le diocèse de Vienne. das Der Wappenschild von Kardinal Groër war geviert: Feld 1 und 4 auf rotem Grund ein griechisches Kreuz auf weißem Balken (= Wappen des Erzbistums Wien); Feld 2 und 3 gespalten, vorne viermal schräglinks von Gold und Blau geteilt, hinten Silber ohne Bild (= Wappen des ausgestorbenen Adelsgeschlechtes der Hinter dem Schild stehend das Doppelkreuz (Patriarchenkreuz), darüber der rote Galero (Kardinalshut) mit den jeweils fünfzehn herunterhängenden roten Quasten (fiocchi).

He was to visit the monastery in Austria where Groër was living.Feb. Cardinal Meisner Beatifies Cardinal Groër On April 5, 2003, Groër's close friend Cardinal Joachim Meisner gave the sermon at another Requiem Mass held in Maria Roggendorf.

September 1986, dem Fest der Kreuzerhöhung, im Wiener Stephansdom durch Franz Kardinal König die Bischofsweihe; Mitkonsekratoren waren Karl Berg, Erzbischof von Salzburg, und Stephan László, Bischof von Eisenstadt.. Am 29. He denied the allegations, calling them “defamatory and destructive.” April 13, the Vatican named Groër’s 50-year-old auxiliary, Bishop Christoph Schönborn, coadjutor, giving him the right of succession to the see of Vienna. Here he lived out the last years of his life.Early in the morning of March 24, 2003, Cardinal Groër died of pneumonia at St. Poelten Hospital near Vienna where he was being treated for cancer. On April 6, he resigned as conference president, and the next day the new conference president, while defending Groër, suggested that the cardinal submit to an investigation, but said that was a Vatican matter.April 8, Groër published in a local newspaper his first public statement. He obtained a doctorate in theology in 1949. Retired Austrian Cardinal Hans Hermann Groer, forced by the Vatican to relinquish his church duties in 1998 amid allegations that he had sexually molested young boys, has died. After all, Groër had enjoyed a visitation by Our Lady and had a reputation for “sanctity!”Similar recollections were made by many of Groër other victims who recounted how the priest/monk would ask them to come to his room for confession, demand they take off their clothes and then abuse them. A number of others made similar charges shortly thereafter, as did some monks.

He had completed eight years as archbishop of Vienna, and the previous October he had turned 75.

Life was still pretty good.Pope John Paul II appointed Hans Groër Archbishop of Vienna in 1986, and made him a Cardinal on June 28, 1988Unfortunately for Groër, the accusations against him kept rolling in, forcing the pope’s hand on the matter.

Juli 1987 erhielt er von … Juli 1986 wurde Hans Hermann Groër von Papst Am 29.

John Paul and Groër met privately at the Vatican May 23; no statement was issued.Sept. The dramatic moves came after the Vatican was faulted for moving too slowly on the case. That’s no misprint.

Groërreceived his seminary training in Hollabrunn and Vienna and was ordained for the diocesan priesthood on April 12, 1942.