Diocese removes AfD politician from church post

German bishops have criticized the AfD as a 'far-right' party

The vicar general of Germany’s oldest diocese has defended the decision to disqualify a politician from a parish post because of his membership in the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party.

The parish church of St. Marien in Neunkirchen, in the German state of Saarland. Lokilech via Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 3.0). 

Fr. Ulrich Graf von Plettenberg told Der Spiegel…