by means of telephone inquiries from the Gestapo:  
there is no suspiciom or accusatiom of any punishable act  
on the part of either of the members of the Cathedral  
Chapter. They have been punished by banishment without any guilt on their   
part, without any accusation or the possibility to defend thenselves.   
Christians, listen carefully. It has been officially confirmed to us that   
no accusation of any punishable act is made against the members of the   
Chapter, Vorwerk and Echelmeyer.. They have done nothing punishable, and   
           yet they are punished with banishment.           
 
                                                            
 
 
And why? Because I have done something which did not please the Government.   
At the four appointments  to the Cathedral Chapter in the last two years   
the Government informed me in three instances that the nominations were   
not acceptable. Because according to the Prussian Concordat of 1929   
intervention on the part of the Government is specifically excluded,   
I completed the nominations in two out of the four cases. If it is thought   
that I have acted against the law, let me be brought before the law. I   
am certain that no independent German Court will be able to condemn me for   
            my actions in filling the vacancies.            
 
                                                            
 
 
Is it for this reason that not a court of justice but the Gestapo, whose   
activities in Germany are unfortunately not subject to any legal   
examination, have been used? Every German citizen is entirely   
unprotected and defenceless in face of the physical superiority of the  
Gestapo- entirely defenceless and unprotected. That is a thing that my   
fellow Germans have discovered in recent years, as for instance our   
beloved teacher of religion, Friedrichs, who is held captive without