Signature campaign

Transfer of pastor causes people to leave the church

Joseph Lakkapamu is not only the Provisor in Keutschach (picture), but also in Schiefling.(Bild: Gemeinde Keutschach)

The church's announcement that the Keutschach and Schiefling provisional priest Joseph Lakkapamu is to be transferred to Griffen has caused outrage in both communities. The faithful collected signatures and some left the church. Now there has been a partial success: one year has been won!

When the Gurk-Klagenfurt diocese informed the parish councils last Monday that their priest Joseph Lakkapamu was to be transferred to Griffen, the faithful in Keutschach and Schiefling were stunned. "Our priest is very committed and he even wanted to look after the Maria Wörth parish as well," says Keutschach's deputy mayor Karl Dovjak.