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	Report: Austrian Cardinal Accused of Sex Abuse Stayed a Member of Vatican Congregations Today April 28, 2010 http://www.todayonline.com/BreakingNews/EDC100428-0000241/Report--Austrian-cardinal-accused-of-sex-abuse-stayed-a-member-of-Vatican-congregations VIENNA (AP) - A newspaper is reporting that a deceased Austrian cardinal remained on the rosters of Vatican congregations even after he stepped down in 1995 following sex abuse allegations. Der Standard reported Wednesday that Hans Hermann Groer - who was Vienna archbishop from 1986 to 1995 - was listed in the 1999 directory of the Roman Catholic Church as a member of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches and the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments. The Groer scandal broke in 1995 when a 37-year-old former student at a boy's seminary in the town of Hollabrunn alleged that he abused him repeatedly in the early 1970s. Other accusations followed. Groer stepped down shortly after the first allegations surfaced - officially due to old age. He died in 2003 but never admitted any guilt.
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