Michael Tfirst - Ein Künster malt sich den Frust von der Seele
Michael Tfirst war selbst Opfer von Kindesmissbrauch durch mehrere kirchliche Priester.
Er durchlebte durch die Kirche die Hölle, um seine früheren erlittenen Qualen zu verarbeiten, fand er wieder zur Kunst zurück.
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Sexual abuse by churchmen in Austria
I, Michael Tfirst, fell to victim of sexual abuse by men of Catholic Church and prosecute them:
On 02 August 2002 wrote Mr Thomas Rottenberg the following about me in the Austrian daily paper “Der Standard”: “Abuse and Catholic Church: victim threatens to reveal several names” “They won’t know what day it is.” If Michael Tfirst would really “tell about everything what took place” the scandal caused by the former archbishop Hans Hermann Groer would be void in comparison with this. “I will blow up hundreds of clerics”, threatens the 46-year-old Tfirst in an interview with “Der Standard”. Tfirst also would be able to add some more details and names to his anyhow high-explosive letter to Christoph Cardinal Schönborn. Meticulously Tfirst describes in his writing (which has 7 pages) how he was sexual harassed by a sexton in his home presbytery in Vienna when he was a boy. Also how he later (in the age of 17) was forced to do intimate massage activities for a priest who became famous due to his work at circuses. And moreover how the latter Cardinal Groer came “very close” to him. Further unveilings could Tfirst always supply at a later date: stories about suicides from colleagues of the priest seminary of Roman Catholic priests (triggered by abuses). His two attempted suicides at the Benedictine monastery Göttweig “because they chased after me”. Stories in which occur names of today active men of Catholic Church in authority too. Michael Tfirst suffers bulimia since his youth. “Nobody believed me for decades” he says and adds that his objective is not just to receive late justice (abridged version of the article.)
I signed by the lawyer of the Cardinal Schönborn the following text as a settlement out of court:
“Mr Tfirst receives an amount of € 3,700 paid out from the archdiocese Vienna without the acknowledgment of a statutory duty in relation to this. This sum settles all claims from all possible legal titles which are connected with those facts of the matter described by Michael Tfirst. Those are namely sexual abuse and harassment through priests or full-time or honorary employees of the Roman-Catholic church. Mr Tfirst declares to assert no demands on facilities of the Roman-Catholic church, its employees or representatives in future. He commits himself to mention (especially to publish) none of the incidents described by him in front of third parties (or in any way which they could notice).”
Afterwards, Cardinal Schoenborn’s personal spokesman and his lawyer proclaimed behind my back that I am a liar. They claim that the money was just intended for a present in order to stop me causing inconvenience. Cardinal Schoenborn appears in public as a friendly, intelligent earl and cardinal. The truth is, even this churchman is two-faced.
The pattern of the hush up:
An examination of a single and small diocese in Ireland published in 2006 revealed that at least 21 priests of the diocese Ferns at Ireland’s south-east coast abused boys and girls sexually over a period of 40 years. Entire chapters of the report describe the children’s martyrdom in their tormentor’s hands in shocking details. But it should become even worse. This was merely the preface to the reappraise of one of the dirtiest chapters of Irish Catholic Church’s history. Bertie Ahern, head of government, threatened to perform an unreserved examination of all 26 dioceses of the country and applied a scheme for the protection of children in Catholic Church institutions. Diarmuid Martin, archbishop of Dublin, promised full support probably without foreseeing which gaps will yawn before him in his bishopric. Now he is aware of it: 102 priests who worked from 1940 until now in the archdiocese are accused to have abused at least 450 children sexually during this period. From 105 actions against 32 priests 40 are still outstanding. Now the 60-year-old archbishop published this information before the government commission presents its report (2800 files were sifted through). Ireland’s government and Catholic Church estimate about 16,000 sexual abused victims by men of Catholic Church.
Michael Tfirst
tfirst@gmx.at
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