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Type | cardinal |
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Honorific-prefix | His Eminence |
Name | Hans Hermann Groër, |
Honorific-suffix | OSB |
Title | Cardinal Archbishop Emeritus of Vienna |
Archdiocese | Vienna |
Enthroned | 1986 |
Ended | 1995 |
Predecessor | Franz König |
Successor | Christoph Schönborn |
Ordination | 12 April 1942 (Priest) |
Consecration | 14 September 1986 (Archbishop) |
Cardinal | 28 June 1988 |
Rank | Cardinal priest of Santi Gioacchino ed Anna al Tuscolano |
Birth name | Hans Wilhelm Groër |
Birth date | 13 October 1919 |
Birth place | Vienna, Austria |
Death date | 24 March 2003 (aged 83) |
Death place | Sankt Pölten, Austria |
Buried | Cistercian monastery of Marienfeld, Austria |
Nationality | Austrian |
Religion | Roman Catholic Church |
Austria's statute of limitations meant that it was not possible to prosecute Groër, – with Cardinal Christoph Schönborn, who replaced Groër as Archbishop of Vienna, stating in 2010 that then-Cardinal Ratzinger had attempted to convince Pope John Paul II to initiate the investigation The church is also alleged to have offered some of the former pupils "hush money". An investigation by Hubertus Czernin led to the claim in Czernin's book, Das Buch Groer, that Groër had abused more than 2000 young men, although the actual figure remains unknown. Groër continued to deny the allegations until his death.
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