The German missionary bishop Reinhold Nann has publicly acknowledged marrying a Peruvian woman in a civil ceremony despite remaining ordained.
In a statement given to the German Catholic news agency KNA, Bishop Nann, aged 65 and formerly serving in the Archdiocese of Freiburg, admitted the civil marriage and blamed institutional failures for his decision.
“The higher I climbed, the clearer the extent of the abysses, tragedies, abuse, mediocrity and lies became to me. I saw too much, and it horrified and depressed me,” he said. “I was becoming increasingly lonely and superficial.”
