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  German Convent Raided in Child Abuse Case

Radio Netherlands
March 2, 2010

http://www.rnw.nl/english/article/german-convent-raided-child-abuse-case



German justice officials investigating child abuse within Roman Catholic establishments have raided a convent. They were looking for evidence of abuse in a Benedictine convent in the town of Ettal, located in the state of Bavaria. Twenty former students of the convent's boarding school have accused priests there of abusing them.

Since the raid, three Benedictine nuns from a convent in the state of Saxony have been dismissed. They are suspected of child abuse during their previous service at the Ettal convent.

Since the abuse of children at Roman Catholic establishments in Germany came to light at the end of January, there have been more than 150 reported cases.

In the Netherlands politicians have called for an inquiry into allegations of child sex abuse by priests at a Roman Catholic boarding school, read more here.

 
 

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