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	Priests Suspended The Province March 16, 2010 http://www.theprovince.com/news/Casino+scam+cashed/2687349/story.html AUSTRIA, VIENNA -- A monastery in Upper Austria hit by accusations of sexual abuse in the 1980s announced Monday it had suspended two more of its clergy after further complaints, taking to five the suspensions in one week. One of the padres accused of sexual abuse at the Kremsmunster monastery apologized for his behaviour and said he "never meant to be a sadist." The number of complaints of sexual abuse by priests has been growing in Austria since cases came to light earlier this month. In the wake of the snowballing scandal, the archbishop of Salzburg, Alois Kothgasser, called for a rethink of the Catholic Church's rule of priest celibacy.
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