In the span of one month, there were over 1,000 attempts to access pornographic websites on archdiocese computers, according to a report. The staff also included a high-ranking priest.
According to German media reports emerging early on Friday morning, staff members and clergy in the Archdiocese of Cologne made “mass attempts to access porn websites” on church-supplied computers.
The Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger newspaper, which broke the story, reported that the diocese leadership was informed as early as July 2022 about corresponding activities by 15 employees.
Such activities, even if they are not punishable under either state or church law, are not permitted as part of the labor agreement with the archdiocese, which is located in western Germany.
Within that one-month period, there were around “1,000 access attempts to pages that were blocked by a protective filter because of questionable, undesirable content and potential threats to IT security,” the paper reported.
In June this year, the list came to light again after police raided an employee of the archdiocese who was suspected of having child abuse material.
According to the report, although there were no indications that the material viewed on church computers was illegal, archdiocese officials turned over the information to Cologne investigators.
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According to German media reports emerging early on Friday morning, staff members and clergy in the Archdiocese of Cologne made “mass attempts to access porn websites” on church-supplied computers.
The Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger newspaper, which broke the story, reported that the diocese leadership was informed as early as July 2022 about corresponding activities by 15 employees.
Such activities, even if they are not punishable under either state or church law, are not permitted as part of the labor agreement with the archdiocese, which is located in western Germany.
Within that one-month period, there were around “1,000 access attempts to pages that were blocked by a protective filter because of questionable, undesirable content and potential threats to IT security,” the paper reported.
In June this year, the list came to light again after police raided an employee of the archdiocese who was suspected of having child abuse material.
According to the report, although there were no indications that the material viewed on church computers was illegal, archdiocese officials turned over the information to Cologne investigators.
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