Priest Faces Imprisonment of 12 Years for Sexually Abusing Boys

Austrian Tribune
July 4, 2013

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On Wednesday, a former priest, who was also a Catholic boarding school director, was found guilty by a court in Steyr, an Austrian town. The report said that the same is the first conviction when it comes to an Austrian clergyman ever since the Catholic Church faced a wave of similar allegation in different nations in 2010.

The priest has been sentenced for a period of 12 years. He was charged of sexually abusing children. A total of 24 boys were abused by him, not only sexually, but physically as well.

Victims themselves reported that they had been abused by the 79-year old defendant, sexually. Also, they were kicked, hit and whipped by him. He pulled out their hair and even forced the fellow students to mob them.

It has been claimed by the attorney of the defendant that an appeal would be made by him. The accused priest admitted to the crimes, which occurred in the boarding school of the Kremsmuenster abbey, province of Upper Austria, in the 1970s, 80s as well as 90s.

The priest asked the victims for forgiveness. All the victims, according to the report, were of ages 11 to 13 years, when they were abused and attacked.