German Bishops’ Company: It’s Not Porn, Just ‘Erotica'
Photo ~ Pur magazine cover story on the scandal
German Bishops’ Company: It’s Not Porn, Just ‘Erotica,’ So We’re Suing the ‘Slanderers’
AUGSBURG, Germany, November 2, 2011 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In a press release, the major German publishing company owned by the Catholic Bishops of Germany says the company is considering suing the “slanderers” who have accused it of profiting from porn, because the erotic offerings sold on its website does not meet the legal definition of pornography.
Last week the secular media in Germany reported that the company WELTBILD, 100% of the shares of which are held by German dioceses and the bishops conference, carries 2,500 porn titles. The press also reported that the bishops had ignored the pleas of faithful Catholics who had tried to have the matter corrected internally for a decade.
But since the story broke in the German media, the publishing company has been removing offensive pages from its website and disabling search engine functions for …More
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