A politician from the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party has lodged an appeal after the Catholic diocese in Trier removed him from a church committee, citing his right-wing political activities. Due to his senior position in the local branch of the AfD, the Vicar General of Trier, Ulrich von Plettenberg, dismissed Christoph Schaufert from the administrative board of the parish of St Mary’s in the town of Neunkirchen in the western state of Saarland just over a week ago. As the “face of a party that represents attitudes that contradict the Christian view of humanity,” Schaufert was d…