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Complaints have been lodged against the recruitment of Birgitta Ed to the cathedral congregation, where critics have expressed concern that the process was not open and that her skills were not tested against other candidates. The judicial chapter has now written off the case.
What does it mean for you that the case is written off in the judgment chapter? How does it feel?
"This means that the case is closed and that the sentencing chapter has not found anything in the reports that there is reason for the sentencing chapter to proceed with, or ask clarifying questions about. I think that's good."
The complainants are concerned that the recruitment has damaged trust in the church. How do you see it?
“I do not wish to review the judgments or concerns of the complainants.
Trust in the church is built above all in the work that takes place in the Church of Sweden's congregations every day, in meetings with young and old in the various shifts and situations of life."
There was no open recruitment and Birgitta Ed was the only applicant. Is it a problem that her skills were not tested against other candidates?
"No. We recruit people who respond to identified needs, which Birgitta Ed did to the highest degree. We judged that we would not find a better candidate through advertising."
Looking back, would you have done anything differently?
"No. The recruitment followed the orders and guidelines of the cathedral congregation and the Church of Sweden.
Birgitta Ed is an excellent parish priest and business developer."
How do you see the connections between you and Birgitta Ed through your involvement in the European School in relation to her recruitment?
"There is no such connection between, on the one hand, our various assignments in the European School organization and, on the other hand, the employment of Birgitta Ed in the cathedral congregation. Birgitta Ed was employed in the cathedral congregation at the beginning of 2024, I took up my assignment in the European School organization in January 2026, and was therefore not involved in the European School when Birgitta Ed was employed in the parish."
You write in an email that the reports are at least partly based on incorrect information in the media. What is wrong? And what is correct?
"I want to give two examples of incorrect information.
There have been petitions which mean that Birgitta Ed would not be qualified for the position she holds. It is incorrect. That matter was tried, as before every recruitment of a priest or deacon for parish service, by the judicial chapter.
Birgitta Ed's involvement in the Fållöknastiftelsen has been questioned as a side job. Since she is a part-time employee, her assignment in and for the Fållöknastiftelsen, according to the collective agreement of the Church of Sweden, is not a side job."
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