Accompaniment
Your counsellors

Dr. Ruth
Büllesbach

Dr. Ruth Büllesbach
- Attorney-at-law (with international experience), Spiritual Directress,
- volunteering as a Pastoral Counsellor via phone, chat and mail
- Professionally independent of the Church with a dedicated commitment to victims both of violence and abuse experiences
- Counselling in German and English

Sr. Ulrike
Diekmann cps

Sr. Ulrike Diekmann cps
- Clinical Psychologist, Trauma-Counsellor, Pastoral Counsellor, Spiritual Directress, Missionary Sister of the Precious Blood
- Long-standing experience in trauma-therapeutic support of adults, young people and children in South Africa; interventions with victims of sexualised violence; spiritual abuse: support of victims of spiritual abuse
- Counselling in German and English

Ulrike
Göken-Huismann

Ulrike Göken-Huismann
- Spiritual Directress within the Catholic Women’s Association of Germany (kfd)
- Wide-ranging professional experience in religious / theological adult and family education, facilitation of theological and spiritual seminars, with a focus on pastoral / spiritual support of women and groups of women.

Dr. Hildegard
Grünenthal

Dr. Hildegard Grünenthal
- Diocesan judge at the Bishop’s Body for Canon Law Jurisdiction in Speyer
- Pedagogue, Theologian and Canonist, long-standing experience in advising on and teaching Canon Law
- Volunteering as a Pastoral Counsellor both via phone and mail
- Commitment to issues of equality both for women and in terms of professionalism

Dr. Barbara
Haslbeck

Dr. Barbara Haslbeck
- Theologian, Research Associate at the Professorship for Pastoral Theology and Homiletics at the University of Regensburg
- Currently working on a research project about the “Abuse of Women Religious”
- Member of the Initiative “GottesSuche” (with a focus on: faith after experiences of violence)

Dr. Peter
Hundertmark

Dr. Peter Hundertmark
- Pastoral Senior Advisor (Department of Spiritual Education), Spiritual Director and Retreat Facilitator, committed to quality assurance in spiritual care and objecting to any form of abuse of power, with experience in supporting victims/survivors.
- Counselling is available in German, English and French

Maria
Luz Mürkens

Maria Luz Mürkens
- Project Manager at missio, Aachen
- Former religious sister with extended stays in Asia, Africa and Europe; Human Rights Activist
- Experience in pastoral counselling with abused women; participation the 2019 Global Study on violence against women religious undertaken by missio
- Counselling in Filipino and English

Dr. Rosel
Oehmen-Vieregge

Dr. Rosel Oehmen-Vieregge
- Senior Advisor for religious orders in the Archdiocese of Paderborn
- Theologian and Canonist; long-standing experience in advising on Canon Law, in moderation and facilitation of group gatherings, also in English

Dr. Doris
Reisinger

Dr. Doris Reisinger
- Theologian (studied Catholic Theology in Rome, Freiburg i. Br. and Erfurt)
- PhD in Philosophy
- Experience in supporting victims of sexualised and spiritual violence in religious orders and new spiritual communities
This Support Centre is coordinated by the Office for Pastoral Care of Women at the German Bishops’ Conference: www.frauenseelsorge.de