Gerhard Maria Wagner—born 1954 July 17, Wartberg ob der Aist, Austria—was appointed auxiliary bishop of Linz, Austria, by Pope Benedict XVI on 2009 January 31. Amidst controversy over his views that sin caused Hurricane Katrina, Wagner resigned on 2009 February 15. Wagner had already become widely known in the world press for his 2005 comment attributing Hurricane Katrina to God's ire toward the sins of New Orleans.

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  • Gerhard Maria Wagner—born 1954 July 17, Wartberg ob der Aist, Austria—was appointed auxiliary bishop of Linz, Austria, by Pope Benedict XVI on 2009 January 31. Amidst controversy over his views that sin caused Hurricane Katrina, Wagner resigned on 2009 February 15. Wagner had already become widely known in the world press for his 2005 comment attributing Hurricane Katrina to God's ire toward the sins of New Orleans. James Gill, columnist for the New Orleans Times-Picayune, satirically called for the Pope next to elevate Wagner as Archbishop of New Orleans after protests from Roman Catholics in three New Orleans congregations over the merging of their churches by aging Archbishop Alfred Clifton Hughes. The churches had been depopulated in part by out-migration resulting from Hurricane Katrina. Indeed, two months after Gill's writing, Hughes was engaged in encouraging the University of Notre Dame to disembark from plans to host President Barack Obama, a supporter of abortion rights, as commencement speaker, and within days of Hughes' announcement of opposition to Obama's appearance the Times-Picayune published a letter to the editor urging that Hughes should instead have complained to the Pope about the short-lived appointment of Wagner to be auxiliary bishop of Linz. In a 2009 February 7 column in the Times-Picayune's "Religion" section Bruce Nolan pointed out that Wagner's controversial comments on Katrina-as-punishment were held by isolated members of several religious traditions, including Texas evangelist John Hagee and Israeli rabbi Ovadiah Yosef. Wagner's appointment as auxiliary bishop was met with controversy among Austrian Roman Catholics, with Linz Diocese Bishop Ludwig Schwarz supportive, an informal group of priests led by Upper Austria church dean Franz Wild opposed, and Graz-Seckau Diocese Bishop Egon Kapellari optimistic that the "crisis" would be overcome by "good will" from both supporters and opponents. Two weeks after his appointment Wagner requested its revocation because of the widespread criticism. In those 2 weeks the number of people leaving the Church had quadrupled in his Linz congregation, with similar or even higher numbers in the neighbouring communities, many of the ex-parishioners naming Wagner's appointment as the reason for their departure. The Times-Picayune reported Wagner's announcement in an Associated Press article concluding with a comparison between the Wagner situation and that surrounding the Holy See's decision to lift the excommunication of the bishops of the Society of St. Pius X, particularly Holocaust-denier Richard Williamson. The Vatican formally accepted the resignation and dispensed Wagner from his appointment on 2 March 2009.
  • Gerhard Maria Wagner ist römisch-katholischer Priester in Windischgarsten. Wagner war für kurze Zeit als Weihbischof in Linz nominiert.
  • Gerhard Maria Wagner je rakouský římskokatolický kněz, proslulý především svými kontroverzními názory na hřích a další otázky morálky a kultuty. Známým se stal v roce 2005, kdy prohlásil hurikán Katrina za boží trest za hříchy amorálního města New Orleans. Hurikán podle něj zničil bordely a všechny interrupční kliniky. To vzbudilo protesty katolíků ze zasažených oblastí. Romány o Harry Potterovi odsoudil jako bránu k okultismu a satanismu. 31. ledna 2009 jej papež Benedikt XVI. jmenoval pomocným biskupem Linecké diecéze, což vzbudilo široké protesty a odchody věřících z této diecéze. Pod tlakem protestů Gerhard Wagner po 14 dnech na svou funkci rezignoval.
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  • Gerhard Maria Wagner—born 1954 July 17, Wartberg ob der Aist, Austria—was appointed auxiliary bishop of Linz, Austria, by Pope Benedict XVI on 2009 January 31. Amidst controversy over his views that sin caused Hurricane Katrina, Wagner resigned on 2009 February 15. Wagner had already become widely known in the world press for his 2005 comment attributing Hurricane Katrina to God's ire toward the sins of New Orleans.
  • Gerhard Maria Wagner ist römisch-katholischer Priester in Windischgarsten. Wagner war für kurze Zeit als Weihbischof in Linz nominiert.
  • Gerhard Maria Wagner je rakouský římskokatolický kněz, proslulý především svými kontroverzními názory na hřích a další otázky morálky a kultuty. Známým se stal v roce 2005, kdy prohlásil hurikán Katrina za boží trest za hříchy amorálního města New Orleans. Hurikán podle něj zničil bordely a všechny interrupční kliniky. To vzbudilo protesty katolíků ze zasažených oblastí. Romány o Harry Potterovi odsoudil jako bránu k okultismu a satanismu. 31.
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