{"id":9597,"date":"2025-07-21T11:59:40","date_gmt":"2025-07-21T09:59:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kaizen-blog.org\/?p=9597"},"modified":"2025-07-21T15:17:36","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T13:17:36","slug":"der-schutz-der-taeter-wie-trumps-justizministerium-das-schweigen-heiliger-spricht-als-das-leid-von-kindern","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kaizen-blog.org\/en\/der-schutz-der-taeter-wie-trumps-justizministerium-das-schweigen-heiliger-spricht-als-das-leid-von-kindern\/","title":{"rendered":"The Protection of the Perpetrators \u2013 How Trump\u2019s Department of Justice Treats Silence as Holier than the Suffering of Children"},"content":{"rendered":"

It was a move that calls into question everything a democratic state claims to know about responsibility: On July 19, 2025, the U.S. Department of Justice under President Donald Trump actively contributed to blocking a law passed by the State of Washington that would have required Catholic priests to report sexual child abuse \u2013 even if it was revealed in the confessional. The bill, SB 5375, had been signed by Governor Bob Ferguson in May. It was scheduled to go into effect on July 27. But in the case of Etienne v. Ferguson, Case No. 3:25-cv-05415-DGE, the U.S. Department of Justice intervened on the side of the Catholic Church. It was a rare and clear act of political partisanship \u2013 and a moral declaration that fundamentally undermines trust in state accountability. At the heart of the case is Etienne v. Ferguson, named after the Archbishop of Seattle, Paul D. Etienne, who, together with other bishops of the state, filed a lawsuit against Governor Ferguson. The plaintiffs invoked the constitutionally protected confessional seal and claimed that the law threatened their freedom of religion. The case quickly developed into a fundamental dispute over the boundaries of religious immunity in a secular constitutional state. The presiding federal judge, David G. Estudillo, appointed under the Biden administration, sided with the DOJ\u2019s arguments \u2013 and ruled in a 25-page order that the law was likely unconstitutional. The confessional, he wrote, was a protected sacrament. The legal obligation to report abuse violated religious freedom under the First Amendment. It was the DOJ itself that had pushed this conflict into the spotlight \u2013 with a so-called Religious Freedom Priority Order, issued on February 28, 2025, signed by President Trump and registered as Executive Order 14099. It mandates that the Department of Justice must review any legislative proposal that could be interpreted as a potential restriction on religious practices. In this way, the law protecting abused children became the target of a political agenda that seeks not protection, but the preservation of power.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The reaction was devastating. Democratic Senator Noel Frame, a key architect of SB 5375, called it a historic setback: \u201cChildren will continue to suffer because religious authorities they trust are not being held accountable.\u201d Particularly cynical is the fact that the confessional seal once again proves to be a loophole for systemic abuse \u2013 a pattern that runs through decades of ecclesiastical scandals. The 2018 Grand Jury Report from Pennsylvania documented over one thousand named victims and found that numerous offenses had been revealed during confession but never reported. And even though Catholic officials have claimed for years that lessons have been learned, it is now clear: the institutional wall of protection is back. Higher than ever. Reinforced by the state. We are deeply involved in these investigations \u2013 in cooperation with Child USA, the Center for Constitutional Rights, and survivor organizations from seven states. In conversations with whistleblowers, lawyers, and former church investigators, a shockingly clear picture emerges: the silence of the confessional is not merely a theological principle but a functional element of a structural protection system. It does not protect the sacred \u2013 it protects perpetrators. And it serves the preservation of power within an apparatus that resists outside intervention.<\/p>\n\n\n

\n
\"\"<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The parallels to the Epstein case are not rhetorical exaggeration but legally tangible. There too, circles of silence, loyalty, and institutional interest outweighed the protection of children. There too, political and economic entanglements obstructed investigations. And there too, documents exist that were never released \u2013 withheld out of consideration for institutions, not justice. In both cases, Epstein and Etienne v. Ferguson, a disturbing constant emerges: child abuse is not only overlooked but actively shielded from the law \u2013 through procedures, delays, and confidentiality. In confessionals, in redacted files, in political decrees. What is now unfolding in the United States could become a precedent for Europe. In Poland, France, and even parts of Germany, the confessional seal is already being politically instrumentalized \u2013 as a bulwark against state transparency. The recent success of the Trump administration in court is likely to embolden fundamentalist groups worldwide. The signal is unmistakable: those with enough influence can turn moral principles into constitutional exceptions. This is no longer about individual priests, nor about dogma or sacraments. It is about the relationship between the state and its duty to protect. About the question of whether the life of a child weighs less than the silence of a man in priestly robes. And it is about the disturbing realization that a government committed to protecting religious institutions is willing to ignore the suffering of children to do so. The case will likely end up before the Supreme Court. But even now, it is clear how deep the political interference runs. Of the nine justices, six were nominated or confirmed by Trump. The outcome is predictable. And the ruling that will ultimately be handed down will decide not only the future of Washington \u2013 but whether silence remains a sacred act. Or is finally named for what it is in these cases: complicity in the cover-up of systemic abuse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Investigative journalism requires courage, conviction, and means.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n
Support Kaizen<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
<\/div>\n
<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Es war ein Schritt, der alles infrage stellt, was ein demokratischer Staat \u00fcber Verantwortung zu wissen meint: Am 19. Juli 2025 hat das US-Justizministerium unter Pr\u00e4sident Donald Trump aktiv dazu beigetragen, ein Gesetz des Bundesstaates Washington zu blockieren, das katholische Priester verpflichten sollte, sexuellen Kindesmissbrauch zu melden \u2013 selbst dann, wenn er im Beichtstuhl offenbart […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9598,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"iawp_total_views":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[24,7,41],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9597","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-spotlight","category-topstory","category-trump-s-world"],"yoast_head":"\nDer Schutz der T\u00e4ter \u2013 Wie Trumps Justizministerium das Schweigen heiliger spricht als das Leid von Kindern - The Kaizen Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Es war ein Schritt, der alles infrage stellt, was ein demokratischer Staat \u00fcber Verantwortung zu wissen meint: Am 19. Juli 2025 hat das US-Justizministerium unter Pr\u00e4sident Donald Trump aktiv dazu beigetragen, ein Gesetz des Bundesstaates Washington zu blockieren, das katholische Priester verpflichten sollte, sexuellen Kindesmissbrauch zu melden\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/kaizen-blog.org\/en\/der-schutz-der-taeter-wie-trumps-justizministerium-das-schweigen-heiliger-spricht-als-das-leid-von-kindern\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Der Schutz der T\u00e4ter \u2013 Wie Trumps Justizministerium das Schweigen heiliger spricht als das Leid von Kindern\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Es war ein Schritt, der alles infrage stellt, was ein demokratischer Staat \u00fcber Verantwortung zu wissen meint: Am 19. Juli 2025 hat das US-Justizministerium unter Pr\u00e4sident Donald Trump aktiv dazu beigetragen, ein Gesetz des Bundesstaates Washington zu blockieren, das katholische Priester verpflichten sollte, sexuellen Kindesmissbrauch zu melden\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/kaizen-blog.org\/en\/der-schutz-der-taeter-wie-trumps-justizministerium-das-schweigen-heiliger-spricht-als-das-leid-von-kindern\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"The Kaizen Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/rainer.hofmann.2025\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-07-21T09:59:40+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-07-21T13:17:36+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/kaizen-blog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/batch_Kopie-von-Kopie-von-Kopie-von-Social-Kaizen12.webp\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"900\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"508\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/webp\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Rainer Hofmann\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Rainer Hofmann\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"5 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/kaizen-blog.org\\\/der-schutz-der-taeter-wie-trumps-justizministerium-das-schweigen-heiliger-spricht-als-das-leid-von-kindern\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/kaizen-blog.org\\\/der-schutz-der-taeter-wie-trumps-justizministerium-das-schweigen-heiliger-spricht-als-das-leid-von-kindern\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Rainer Hofmann\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/kaizen-blog.org\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/7d3fc7346e2501a389ea3daa48b99ad0\"},\"headline\":\"Der Schutz der T\u00e4ter \u2013 Wie Trumps Justizministerium das Schweigen heiliger spricht als das Leid von Kindern\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-07-21T09:59:40+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-07-21T13:17:36+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/kaizen-blog.org\\\/der-schutz-der-taeter-wie-trumps-justizministerium-das-schweigen-heiliger-spricht-als-das-leid-von-kindern\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":866,\"commentCount\":5,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/kaizen-blog.org\\\/der-schutz-der-taeter-wie-trumps-justizministerium-das-schweigen-heiliger-spricht-als-das-leid-von-kindern\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/kaizen-blog.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/07\\\/batch_Kopie-von-Kopie-von-Kopie-von-Social-Kaizen12.webp?fit=900%2C508&ssl=1\",\"articleSection\":[\"Spotlight\",\"Topstory\",\"Trumpland\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/kaizen-blog.org\\\/der-schutz-der-taeter-wie-trumps-justizministerium-das-schweigen-heiliger-spricht-als-das-leid-von-kindern\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/kaizen-blog.org\\\/der-schutz-der-taeter-wie-trumps-justizministerium-das-schweigen-heiliger-spricht-als-das-leid-von-kindern\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/kaizen-blog.org\\\/der-schutz-der-taeter-wie-trumps-justizministerium-das-schweigen-heiliger-spricht-als-das-leid-von-kindern\\\/\",\"name\":\"Der Schutz der T\u00e4ter \u2013 Wie Trumps Justizministerium das Schweigen heiliger spricht als das Leid von Kindern - The Kaizen Blog\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/kaizen-blog.org\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/kaizen-blog.org\\\/der-schutz-der-taeter-wie-trumps-justizministerium-das-schweigen-heiliger-spricht-als-das-leid-von-kindern\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/kaizen-blog.org\\\/der-schutz-der-taeter-wie-trumps-justizministerium-das-schweigen-heiliger-spricht-als-das-leid-von-kindern\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/kaizen-blog.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/07\\\/batch_Kopie-von-Kopie-von-Kopie-von-Social-Kaizen12.webp?fit=900%2C508&ssl=1\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-07-21T09:59:40+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-07-21T13:17:36+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/kaizen-blog.org\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/7d3fc7346e2501a389ea3daa48b99ad0\"},\"description\":\"Es war ein Schritt, der alles infrage stellt, was ein demokratischer Staat \u00fcber Verantwortung zu wissen meint: Am 19. Juli 2025 hat das US-Justizministerium unter Pr\u00e4sident Donald Trump aktiv dazu beigetragen, ein Gesetz des Bundesstaates Washington zu blockieren, das katholische Priester verpflichten sollte, sexuellen Kindesmissbrauch zu melden\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/kaizen-blog.org\\\/der-schutz-der-taeter-wie-trumps-justizministerium-das-schweigen-heiliger-spricht-als-das-leid-von-kindern\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/kaizen-blog.org\\\/der-schutz-der-taeter-wie-trumps-justizministerium-das-schweigen-heiliger-spricht-als-das-leid-von-kindern\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/kaizen-blog.org\\\/der-schutz-der-taeter-wie-trumps-justizministerium-das-schweigen-heiliger-spricht-als-das-leid-von-kindern\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/kaizen-blog.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/07\\\/batch_Kopie-von-Kopie-von-Kopie-von-Social-Kaizen12.webp?fit=900%2C508&ssl=1\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/kaizen-blog.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/07\\\/batch_Kopie-von-Kopie-von-Kopie-von-Social-Kaizen12.webp?fit=900%2C508&ssl=1\",\"width\":900,\"height\":508},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/kaizen-blog.org\\\/der-schutz-der-taeter-wie-trumps-justizministerium-das-schweigen-heiliger-spricht-als-das-leid-von-kindern\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Startseite\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/kaizen-blog.org\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Der Schutz der T\u00e4ter \u2013 Wie Trumps Justizministerium das Schweigen heiliger spricht als das Leid von Kindern\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/kaizen-blog.org\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/kaizen-blog.org\\\/\",\"name\":\"The Kaizen Blog\",\"description\":\"Investigativer Journalismus\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/kaizen-blog.org\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/kaizen-blog.org\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/7d3fc7346e2501a389ea3daa48b99ad0\",\"name\":\"Rainer Hofmann\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"\\\/\\\/www.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/21e5b26d4f12b21206d8094d7aea4ab6?s=96&r=g&d=initials\",\"url\":\"\\\/\\\/www.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/21e5b26d4f12b21206d8094d7aea4ab6?s=96&r=g&d=initials\",\"contentUrl\":\"\\\/\\\/www.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/21e5b26d4f12b21206d8094d7aea4ab6?s=96&r=g&d=initials\",\"caption\":\"Rainer Hofmann\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/kaizen-blog.org\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/kaizen-blog.org\\\/en\\\/author\\\/admin\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Der Schutz der T\u00e4ter \u2013 Wie Trumps Justizministerium das Schweigen heiliger spricht als das Leid von Kindern - The Kaizen Blog","description":"Es war ein Schritt, der alles infrage stellt, was ein demokratischer Staat \u00fcber Verantwortung zu wissen meint: Am 19. Juli 2025 hat das US-Justizministerium unter Pr\u00e4sident Donald Trump aktiv dazu beigetragen, ein Gesetz des Bundesstaates Washington zu blockieren, das katholische Priester verpflichten sollte, sexuellen Kindesmissbrauch zu melden","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/kaizen-blog.org\/en\/der-schutz-der-taeter-wie-trumps-justizministerium-das-schweigen-heiliger-spricht-als-das-leid-von-kindern\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Der Schutz der T\u00e4ter \u2013 Wie Trumps Justizministerium das Schweigen heiliger spricht als das Leid von Kindern","og_description":"Es war ein Schritt, der alles infrage stellt, was ein demokratischer Staat \u00fcber Verantwortung zu wissen meint: Am 19. Juli 2025 hat das US-Justizministerium unter Pr\u00e4sident Donald Trump aktiv dazu beigetragen, ein Gesetz des Bundesstaates Washington zu blockieren, das katholische Priester verpflichten sollte, sexuellen Kindesmissbrauch zu melden","og_url":"https:\/\/kaizen-blog.org\/en\/der-schutz-der-taeter-wie-trumps-justizministerium-das-schweigen-heiliger-spricht-als-das-leid-von-kindern\/","og_site_name":"The Kaizen Blog","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/rainer.hofmann.2025\/","article_published_time":"2025-07-21T09:59:40+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-07-21T13:17:36+00:00","og_image":[{"width":900,"height":508,"url":"https:\/\/kaizen-blog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/batch_Kopie-von-Kopie-von-Kopie-von-Social-Kaizen12.webp","type":"image\/webp"}],"author":"Rainer Hofmann","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Rainer Hofmann","Est. reading time":"5 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/kaizen-blog.org\/der-schutz-der-taeter-wie-trumps-justizministerium-das-schweigen-heiliger-spricht-als-das-leid-von-kindern\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/kaizen-blog.org\/der-schutz-der-taeter-wie-trumps-justizministerium-das-schweigen-heiliger-spricht-als-das-leid-von-kindern\/"},"author":{"name":"Rainer Hofmann","@id":"https:\/\/kaizen-blog.org\/#\/schema\/person\/7d3fc7346e2501a389ea3daa48b99ad0"},"headline":"Der Schutz der T\u00e4ter \u2013 Wie Trumps Justizministerium das Schweigen heiliger spricht als das Leid von Kindern","datePublished":"2025-07-21T09:59:40+00:00","dateModified":"2025-07-21T13:17:36+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/kaizen-blog.org\/der-schutz-der-taeter-wie-trumps-justizministerium-das-schweigen-heiliger-spricht-als-das-leid-von-kindern\/"},"wordCount":866,"commentCount":5,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/kaizen-blog.org\/der-schutz-der-taeter-wie-trumps-justizministerium-das-schweigen-heiliger-spricht-als-das-leid-von-kindern\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kaizen-blog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/batch_Kopie-von-Kopie-von-Kopie-von-Social-Kaizen12.webp?fit=900%2C508&ssl=1","articleSection":["Spotlight","Topstory","Trumpland"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/kaizen-blog.org\/der-schutz-der-taeter-wie-trumps-justizministerium-das-schweigen-heiliger-spricht-als-das-leid-von-kindern\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/kaizen-blog.org\/der-schutz-der-taeter-wie-trumps-justizministerium-das-schweigen-heiliger-spricht-als-das-leid-von-kindern\/","url":"https:\/\/kaizen-blog.org\/der-schutz-der-taeter-wie-trumps-justizministerium-das-schweigen-heiliger-spricht-als-das-leid-von-kindern\/","name":"Der Schutz der T\u00e4ter \u2013 Wie Trumps Justizministerium das Schweigen heiliger spricht als das Leid von Kindern - The Kaizen Blog","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/kaizen-blog.org\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/kaizen-blog.org\/der-schutz-der-taeter-wie-trumps-justizministerium-das-schweigen-heiliger-spricht-als-das-leid-von-kindern\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/kaizen-blog.org\/der-schutz-der-taeter-wie-trumps-justizministerium-das-schweigen-heiliger-spricht-als-das-leid-von-kindern\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kaizen-blog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/batch_Kopie-von-Kopie-von-Kopie-von-Social-Kaizen12.webp?fit=900%2C508&ssl=1","datePublished":"2025-07-21T09:59:40+00:00","dateModified":"2025-07-21T13:17:36+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/kaizen-blog.org\/#\/schema\/person\/7d3fc7346e2501a389ea3daa48b99ad0"},"description":"Es war ein Schritt, der alles infrage stellt, was ein demokratischer Staat \u00fcber Verantwortung zu wissen meint: Am 19. Juli 2025 hat das US-Justizministerium unter Pr\u00e4sident Donald Trump aktiv dazu beigetragen, ein Gesetz des Bundesstaates Washington zu blockieren, das katholische Priester verpflichten sollte, sexuellen Kindesmissbrauch zu melden","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/kaizen-blog.org\/der-schutz-der-taeter-wie-trumps-justizministerium-das-schweigen-heiliger-spricht-als-das-leid-von-kindern\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/kaizen-blog.org\/der-schutz-der-taeter-wie-trumps-justizministerium-das-schweigen-heiliger-spricht-als-das-leid-von-kindern\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/kaizen-blog.org\/der-schutz-der-taeter-wie-trumps-justizministerium-das-schweigen-heiliger-spricht-als-das-leid-von-kindern\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kaizen-blog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/batch_Kopie-von-Kopie-von-Kopie-von-Social-Kaizen12.webp?fit=900%2C508&ssl=1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kaizen-blog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/batch_Kopie-von-Kopie-von-Kopie-von-Social-Kaizen12.webp?fit=900%2C508&ssl=1","width":900,"height":508},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/kaizen-blog.org\/der-schutz-der-taeter-wie-trumps-justizministerium-das-schweigen-heiliger-spricht-als-das-leid-von-kindern\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Startseite","item":"https:\/\/kaizen-blog.org\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Der Schutz der T\u00e4ter \u2013 Wie Trumps Justizministerium das Schweigen heiliger spricht als das Leid von Kindern"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/kaizen-blog.org\/#website","url":"https:\/\/kaizen-blog.org\/","name":"The Kaizen Blog","description":"Investigative Journalism","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/kaizen-blog.org\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/kaizen-blog.org\/#\/schema\/person\/7d3fc7346e2501a389ea3daa48b99ad0","name":"Rainer Hofmann","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"\/\/www.gravatar.com\/avatar\/21e5b26d4f12b21206d8094d7aea4ab6?s=96&r=g&d=initials","url":"\/\/www.gravatar.com\/avatar\/21e5b26d4f12b21206d8094d7aea4ab6?s=96&r=g&d=initials","contentUrl":"\/\/www.gravatar.com\/avatar\/21e5b26d4f12b21206d8094d7aea4ab6?s=96&r=g&d=initials","caption":"Rainer Hofmann"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/kaizen-blog.org"],"url":"https:\/\/kaizen-blog.org\/en\/author\/admin\/"}]}},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":11224,"url":"https:\/\/kaizen-blog.org\/en\/epstein-akten-kongressausschuss-zwingt-justizministerium-zur-herausgabe-auch-clintons-vorgeladen\/","url_meta":{"origin":9597,"position":0},"title":"Epstein Files: House Committee Forces Justice Department to Release Records - Clintons Also Subpoenaed","author":"Rainer Hofmann","date":"5. August 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Washington \u2013 In einem Schritt, der die politische Brisanz des Falls Jeffrey Epstein erneut mit voller Wucht ins Scheinwerferlicht r\u00fcckt, hat der Aufsichtsausschuss des US-Repr\u00e4sentantenhauses am Dienstag das Justizministerium per Subpoena verpflichtet, s\u00e4mtliche bislang unter Verschluss gehaltenen Ermittlungsakten im Zusammenhang mit dem Sexhandels-Skandal um den verstorbenen Finanzier freizugeben. Es handelt\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Dark America"","block_context":{"text":"Dark America","link":"https:\/\/kaizen-blog.org\/en\/category\/dark-america\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kaizen-blog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/The-Kaizen-Blog-Online-Magazin116.webp?fit=900%2C508&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kaizen-blog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/The-Kaizen-Blog-Online-Magazin116.webp?fit=900%2C508&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kaizen-blog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/The-Kaizen-Blog-Online-Magazin116.webp?fit=900%2C508&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kaizen-blog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/The-Kaizen-Blog-Online-Magazin116.webp?fit=900%2C508&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":6579,"url":"https:\/\/kaizen-blog.org\/en\/der-neue-justizskandal-trump-regierung-feuert-federfuehrende-staatsanwaelte-der-kapitol-ermittlungen\/","url_meta":{"origin":9597,"position":1},"title":"The New Justice Scandal \u2013 Trump Administration Fires Lead Prosecutors in Capitol Investigation","author":"Rainer Hofmann","date":"28. June 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Washington, 28. Juni 2025 \u2013 In einem drastischen Schritt, der das Vertrauen in die Unabh\u00e4ngigkeit der amerikanischen Justiz ersch\u00fcttert, hat das US-Justizministerium am Freitag mindestens drei Staatsanw\u00e4lte entlassen, die ma\u00dfgeblich an der strafrechtlichen Aufarbeitung des Angriffs auf das Kapitol vom 6. Januar 2021 beteiligt waren. Die Entscheidung erfolgte abrupt und\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Topstory"","block_context":{"text":"Topstory","link":"https:\/\/kaizen-blog.org\/en\/category\/topstory\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kaizen-blog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/trumpo6.webp?fit=850%2C508&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kaizen-blog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/trumpo6.webp?fit=850%2C508&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kaizen-blog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/trumpo6.webp?fit=850%2C508&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kaizen-blog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/trumpo6.webp?fit=850%2C508&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":9997,"url":"https:\/\/kaizen-blog.org\/en\/eine-begegnung-in-tallahassee-ghislaine-maxwell-das-justizministerium-und-der-schatten-eines-praesidenten\/","url_meta":{"origin":9597,"position":2},"title":"An Encounter in Tallahassee \u2013 Ghislaine Maxwell, the Justice Department, and the Shadow of a President","author":"Rainer Hofmann","date":"25. July 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"In den fr\u00fchen Morgenstunden dieses Donnerstags, weitab vom L\u00e4rm der Kameras und der Kakophonie politischer Talkshows, fand am 24. Juli 2025 in einem Gef\u00e4ngnis in Tallahassee ein Gespr\u00e4ch statt, das kaum eine Akte schlie\u00dft, aber viele Fragen aufrei\u00dfen k\u00f6nnte. Ghislaine Maxwell, einst rechte Hand von Jeffrey Epstein und mittlerweile zu\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Epstein"","block_context":{"text":"Epstein","link":"https:\/\/kaizen-blog.org\/en\/category\/epstein-files\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kaizen-blog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/batch_Kopie-von-Kopie-von-Kopie-von-Social-Kaizen83.webp?fit=900%2C508&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kaizen-blog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/batch_Kopie-von-Kopie-von-Kopie-von-Social-Kaizen83.webp?fit=900%2C508&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kaizen-blog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/batch_Kopie-von-Kopie-von-Kopie-von-Social-Kaizen83.webp?fit=900%2C508&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kaizen-blog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/batch_Kopie-von-Kopie-von-Kopie-von-Social-Kaizen83.webp?fit=900%2C508&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":26112,"url":"https:\/\/kaizen-blog.org\/en\/wenn-kontrolle-verweigert-wird-ruecktritte-im-us-justizministerium-nach-toedlichem-ice-schuss\/","url_meta":{"origin":9597,"position":3},"title":"When Oversight Is Denied: Resignations at the US Justice Department After a Deadly ICE Shooting","author":"Rainer Hofmann","date":"13. January 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"One of the most serious internal upheavals in months has shaken the US Justice Department. Following further reporting, at least four senior attorneys from the Criminal Section within the Civil Rights Division have resigned ...","rel":"","context":"In "Daylight"","block_context":{"text":"Daylight","link":"https:\/\/kaizen-blog.org\/en\/category\/daylight\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kaizen-blog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/kaizennewsday-2026-01-13T182749.497.webp?fit=905%2C500&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kaizen-blog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/kaizennewsday-2026-01-13T182749.497.webp?fit=905%2C500&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kaizen-blog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/kaizennewsday-2026-01-13T182749.497.webp?fit=905%2C500&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kaizen-blog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/kaizennewsday-2026-01-13T182749.497.webp?fit=905%2C500&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":9971,"url":"https:\/\/kaizen-blog.org\/en\/ghislaine-maxwell-die-epstein-akten-und-ein-praesident-unter-druck-wie-das-justizministerium-sich-neu-erfinden-will\/","url_meta":{"origin":9597,"position":4},"title":"Ghislaine Maxwell, the Epstein files, and a president under pressure \u2013 How the Justice Department is trying to reinvent itself","author":"Rainer Hofmann","date":"24. July 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Die Begegnung ist so symbolisch wie politisch brisant: Am heutigen Donnerstag trifft sich das US-Justizministerium mit einer der meist gef\u00fcrchteten Frauen des Landes \u2013 Ghislaine Maxwell, verurteilte Komplizin von Jeffrey Epstein und Schl\u00fcsselfigur in einem Missbrauchsskandal, der das amerikanische Machtgef\u00fcge bis heute ersch\u00fcttert. W\u00e4hrend sie in einem Bundesgef\u00e4ngnis in Florida\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Dark America"","block_context":{"text":"Dark America","link":"https:\/\/kaizen-blog.org\/en\/category\/dark-america\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kaizen-blog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/batch_Kopie-von-Kopie-von-Kopie-von-Social-Kaizen74.webp?fit=900%2C508&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kaizen-blog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/batch_Kopie-von-Kopie-von-Kopie-von-Social-Kaizen74.webp?fit=900%2C508&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kaizen-blog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/batch_Kopie-von-Kopie-von-Kopie-von-Social-Kaizen74.webp?fit=900%2C508&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kaizen-blog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/batch_Kopie-von-Kopie-von-Kopie-von-Social-Kaizen74.webp?fit=900%2C508&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":3098,"url":"https:\/\/kaizen-blog.org\/en\/trump-gegen-die-justiz-ex-staatsanwalt-setzt-auf-verfassung-als-bollwerk\/","url_meta":{"origin":9597,"position":5},"title":"Trump vs. the Judiciary: Former Prosecutor Sees the Constitution as a Stronghold","author":"Katharina Hofmann","date":"20. March 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"W\u00e4hrend Donald Trump und sein Umfeld weiterhin Bundesrichter ins Visier nehmen, stellt der fr\u00fchere Staatsanwalt Norm Eisen klar: Die US-Verfassung ist st\u00e4rker als Trumps Angriffe auf die Justiz. Eisen, der einst als Sonderberater des Justizausschusses im Repr\u00e4sentantenhaus w\u00e4hrend Trumps erstem Amtsenthebungsverfahren (2019\u20132020) diente, sieht in Artikel Drei der US-Verfassung eine\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Deportations & ICE"","block_context":{"text":"Deportations & ICE","link":"https:\/\/kaizen-blog.org\/en\/category\/deportations-under-trump\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kaizen-blog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/deportation-trump.webp?fit=982%2C492&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kaizen-blog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/deportation-trump.webp?fit=982%2C492&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kaizen-blog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/deportation-trump.webp?fit=982%2C492&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kaizen-blog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/deportation-trump.webp?fit=982%2C492&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kaizen-blog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/batch_Kopie-von-Kopie-von-Kopie-von-Social-Kaizen12.webp?fit=900%2C508&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kaizen-blog.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9597","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kaizen-blog.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kaizen-blog.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kaizen-blog.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kaizen-blog.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9597"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kaizen-blog.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9597\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kaizen-blog.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9598"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kaizen-blog.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9597"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kaizen-blog.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9597"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kaizen-blog.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9597"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}