A professor leaves the Catholic church, but explained that he was doing this only for tax savings, in fact, he can see further than to Roman Catholic. A complicated case for the churches in Germany (for mutatis mutandis could happen to the Protestant churches): Enjoy At a time when many people the solidarity community "church" do not support, but religious rights want to .. . is now the Administrative Court of Baden-Württemberg decided the case - We take a message from the Central Committee of German Catholics
ZdK President welcomes the decision of Administrative Court of Baden-Württemberg to invalid part Kirchenaustritt
The President of the Central Committee of German Catholics ( ZdK), Alois Glück welcomes today's ruling of the 1st Division of the Administrative Court of Baden-Württemberg (VGH), which has declared the withdrawal of the church emeritus Freiburg church law expert Prof. Hartmut Zapp invalid.
Prof. Zapp was in 2007, left the church as a public body including the target, subject to no more the church tax. At the same time he had to the Church declared that it will remain a member of the Roman Catholic faith community.
"With this decision, the court accepted the view of the Catholic Church in Germany," said luck on 4 May 2010 in Bonn. Then there could be no modified leaving the church, where this lead to legal uncertainties. Membership in the Catholic Church as a public corporation and membership in the Catholic Church as a religion are inseparable in Germany. A resignation from the church body, without leaving their community of faith is impossible.
"It is also clear that the canonical obligation to provide financial support in principle for membership in the Catholic Church as a public corporation is connected," said Alois Glück.(Source: ZdK)
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