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115 | www.limina-graz.eu Hans-Joachim Sander | Gebrochenes Ver(-)sprechen | BIOGRAPHY Hans-Joachim Sander ist Universitätsprofessor für Dogmatik am Fach- bereich Systematische Theologie der Katholisch-Theologischen Fakultät Salzburg. | KEY WORDS Glaube; Identitätspolitik; Johannes Paul II.; Kardinal Groër; Kirche; Macht; Ohnmacht; Petrus; Scham; Schamlosigkeit; Schuld; Selbstermächtigung; Selbstgerechtigkeit; sexueller Missbrauch; Ver(-)sprechen; Zukunft gically encouraged this, which is why he was unable to resolutely combat sexual abuse on the inside, thus sealing his admission of guilt to outside observers. The culpability of the church will not be sufficiently accounted as long as the culture of shameless behaviour with which perpetrators oppress their victims beyond admission of guilt is not dealt with. Victims continue to suffer shame, which serves as an identity-based tool for the dominant presence of belief. As long as this pattern is not dismantled within the church its faith mistakes its promises.