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	Monk Admits Child Abuse The Age March 11, 2010 http://www.theage.com.au/world/monk-admits-child-abuse-20100310-pzbf.html AUSTRIA -- The head of a Salzburg monastery has admitted sexually abusing a child decades ago and is offering to resign. Arch-abbot Bruno Becker said he abused a 12-year-old boy more than 40 years ago. In a statement cited by the Austria Press Agency, he said he informed church authorities last year after his victim contacted him. Becker said 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, where abuse in church-run schools dating back several decades has surfaced, including at boarding school where Pope Benedict's brother, Monsignor Georg Ratzinger, ran a choir.
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