Posted on 02/13/2017 5:59:38 PM PST by marshmallow
Cologne Cathedral is to introduce stringent new security measures amid ongoing security fears, with worshippers’ bags being searched and private security drafted in.
Cathedral provost Gerd Bachner told a press conference on Saturday that people “must not be afraid” when they visit the building.
“We have to do more to ensure safety,” the provost said. However, that personnel should still act “proportionately”.
From 1 March, there will be a ban on bringing large suitcases, travel bags, and hiking bags into the cathedral. Kölnischer Rundschau also reports that a private security firm will join the traditional cathedral vergers in policing worshippers, including performing random bag and pocket checks at the entrances to the building.
The provost declined to say exactly what size bag would be too big, and the cathedral will not be installing security doors, he added.
The cathedral square was the scene of mass sex assaults on New Year’s Eve 2015, with over 1,000 criminal complaints filed yet few arrests and convictions made.
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So sad. The Dom is one of the most hauntingly beautiful cathedrals in Europe. Within 50 years it will go the way of the Hagia Sofia in Istanbul.
They need to hire some Texas Baptists. They are usually armed.
Are we allowed to say this is a reaction to Muslim terrorism???
Or are we supposed to say, they are beefing up security due to unspecified threats, or hear talk that there are numerous violent threats in today’s world, without any reference to any particular threats????
Yeah... It was a great place to pray and worship until all those Christian Germans showed up...
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