David Berger (theologian)

David Berger photographed in 2011

David Berger (born March 8, 1968 in Würzburg) is a German theologian, author and gay activist.

Biography

From 1991 to 1998 Berger studied philosophy, Roman Catholic theology and German language and literature in Würzburg, Cologne and Dortmund. Berger is a German neo-Thomist and a former professor of the Pontifical Academy of St. Thomas Aquinas in Rome,[1] though the Catholic Church has since revoked his ability to teach religion.[2] Before that time, he worked as a religious education teacher at a high school in Erftstadt, Germany. Until February 2015 he was the editor-in-chief of the gay periodical MÄNNER (Berlin).

In 2010, Berger wrote in his book Der heilige Schein: Als schwuler Theologe in der katholischen Kirche (“The holy sham: A gay theologian in the Catholic church”), that 20 to 40 percent of the Catholic clergy are homosexual.[3][4]

Works by Berger

External links

References

  1. Spiegel:Theologe David Berger: Großteil katholischer Kleriker homosexuell
  2. Kölner Stadt-Anzeigers. November 3, 2015
  3. Spiegel:Theologe David Berger: Großteil katholischer Kleriker homosexuell
  4. Die Welt: "Der heilige Schein"
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