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	Priest on Trial for 101 Crimes IOL September 29, 2008 http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=24&art_id=nw20080929182005503C101751 Berlin - A Catholic priest in Germany went on trial on Monday charged with a total of 101 crimes including blackmail, fraud, breach of trust, coercion and assault. Forty-six of the charges including causing bodily harm and extortion facing the 39-year-old, who has not been named, relate to a relationship to a woman whom he met through his priestly duties in 2003. Prosecutors also accuse him of giving false information to obtain two loans of ˆ120 000 (about R1-million) from the diocese of Freiburg in southern Germany as well as a further ˆ9,000 from a local parish in the same area. The trial was due to run until October 17.
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