Poor working environment for the 12.000 employees of the Danish National Church. The church employees are complaining about bullying and harassment. Venstre, Konservative and DF have called the church and culture minister, Ane Halsboe-Jørgensen into consultation to find a solution.
- Denmark is divided into 2158 parishes (sogne). A parish is a local ecclesiastical unit (a territory assigned to a certain church). The parish handles the area’s civic registration of births, marriages and deaths.
- A parish is led by a parish council (menighedsråd) formed by minimum 5 people elected every four years from the people living in the parish. The parish council employs the church employees (apart from the priests). The parish council has a say in the selection of the priest. The priest once selected also has a seat in the parish council.
