The Minister for Church Affairs is investigating an old case of child sexual abuse at Copenhagen Cathedral and the employee's continued employment at the church.

According to Berlingske, citing the Danish news agency Ritzau, Minister of Culture and Church Affairs Anna Halsboe-Jørgensen will investigate a case of abuse of children by a Copenhagen Cathedral employee over several years, including a case of sexual abuse, while he retained his job at the church. The bishop's handling of the case will also be investigated by the Ministry of Culture and Church Affairs.

The employee is still working at the church, which is causing concern among colleagues because many young people and boys' choir members come to the church. According to the source, the assaults occurred in the 1990s.

Anna Halsboe-Jorgensen told the newspaper that she was “deeply shaken” by the issue: “The behavior described in the article is incompatible with working in the church or anywhere else. It cannot be said clearly enough.”.

Today's victim is an adult male, but he told the source that he was sexually assaulted in the church when he was between 12 and 14 years old.

According to the newspaper, the suspected perpetrator is an administrative manager for several employees.

The cathedral became aware of the case in 2014 and the police were informed; however, the case was dropped due to the law relating to the age of the incident at that time.

Two other men told the newspaper that the employee sexually assaulted them, but the church administration was not informed of the cases.