Austria bishop quits in sex row
Austria - A Roman Catholic bishop at the centre of a porn scandal involving clerics and student priests at an Austrian seminary is stepping down.
Bishop Kurt Krenn, 68, was in overall charge of the seminary where investigators found thousands of lewd images, including child pornography.
"Yes, I'm resigning immediately as bishop of St Poelten," he said in an interview with Der Standard newspaper.
The affair has shocked Austria and embarrassed the Roman Catholic Church.
Read the article at BBC NEWS dated Thursday, 30 September, 2004
Bishop Kurt Krenn, 68, was in overall charge of the seminary where investigators found thousands of lewd images, including child pornography.
"Yes, I'm resigning immediately as bishop of St Poelten," he said in an interview with Der Standard newspaper.
The affair has shocked Austria and embarrassed the Roman Catholic Church.
Read the article at BBC NEWS dated Thursday, 30 September, 2004
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