Church in Berlin-Brandenburg is fault in dealing with Stasi employees Giebeler

Church in Berlin-Brandenburg is fault in dealing with Stasi employees Giebeler

The Berlin Büger Eckart Giebeler was the only pastor in the GDR prisons for many years. However, he worked not only as a pastor, but also as an unofficial employee of the Ministry of State Security (MfS), also known as Stasi. When he spied on in prisoners with the "Roland" cod name and created reports that were documented in 15 file folders. Although the allegations against Giebeler were already known before the turn, the Evangelical Church in Berlin-Brandenburg did nothing against it. Only a research by ARD journalists led to his exposure. Almost 30 years later, today's Evangelical Church in Berlin-Brandenburg-Silesian Upper Lusatia (Ekbo) admitted its guilt in dealing with Giebeler and his victims. In an explanation of the church leadership, it states that Giebeler systematically violated the confession secret and that this was a serious service offense that is consequently. It is emphasized that the church had never proceeded against Giebeler because it did not feel responsible for a state official. In retrospect, this is referred to as a mistake that indicates a "blatant lack of assumption of responsibility". In recent years, the church leadership has repeatedly agreed to confessions and plans to continue the history of the church before 1989. According to a report by www.tagesspiegel.de .