Cardinal Rainer Maria Woelki of Cologne has expressed disappointment at the finding that more than 1,000 attempts had been made to access pornographic web sites from archdiocesan computers.
After a local newspaper revealed the widespread misuse of church computers, the archdiocese confirmed that it had a list of clergymen and employees who had sought access to inappropriate sites. Although the archdiocese reported “no indications of criminally relevant behavior,” the cardinal said he was “disappointed”—although noting that the archdiocesan “firewalls kicked in” to prevent most such misuse.