German bishop asks for forgiveness from LGBT community
Christian Steblein, a bishop of the Protestant Evangelical Church, said he was shocked by the scale of violence and discrimination against LGBT people by institutional Christianity over many centuries. German Protestant Bishop Christian Stäblein asked for forgiveness for centuries of violence, stigma and discrimination against the LGBT community on July 25, 2021, during a Sunday church service in Marienkirche (St. Mary's Church is the oldest active evangelical church in Berlin).