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	Austrian Arch-abbot Admits Child Abuse Sydney Morning Herald March 10, 2010 http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-world/austrian-archabbot-admits-child-abuse-20100310-pw5x.html The head of a Salzburg monastery has admitted to sexually abusing a child decades ago and is offering to resign. Arch-abbot Bruno Becker says he abused a 12-year-old boy more than 40 years ago. In a statement cited on Tuesday by the Austria Press Agency, he says he informed church authorities last year after his victim contacted him. Becker says he was not yet ordained when the abuse occurred and apologised to the victim last year. The revelation comes amid a widening sexual abuse scandal involving the Roman Catholic Church in neighbouring Germany.
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