University Professor in Austria Calls for Death Penalty for Pope

Country: Austria

Date of incident: December 28, 2012


During Christmas holidays 2012, Austrialian born Richard Parncutt, professor for music sciences at the Karl-Franzens-Universität in Graz, issued the official University website to call for death penalty for the pope as a punishment for opposing artifical birth control and condoms. The university deleted the comments and summoned Prof. Parncutt to a disciplinary meeting: “Safeguarding human rights belong to the most important principles of the University of Graz.” The professor apologized.

Sources: http://kurier.at/chronik/oesterreich/grazer-professor-forderte-todesstrafe-fuer-papst/2.163.077 http://www.spiegel.de/unispiegel/studium/radikaler-professor-todesstrafe-fuer-leugner-des-klimawandels-a-875802.html