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Vienna paid out €52.5m in children's home scandal
A project in Vienna to compensate the victims of sexual, physical and psychological abuse in children’s homes in the 1950s and 1960s is to be closed after six years.
Drunk 72-year-old monk 'had sex with minor'
Lambach Abbey in Upper Austria has been hit by a sex scandal after a drunken monk was arrested after reportedly having sex with a minor on May 11th in Linz.
British paratrooper's rape trial delayed
The trial of a British soldier who allegedly broke into a house in Tyrol in western Austria and sexually abused a six-year-old girl has been delayed whilst the defence seeks to get a psychiatrist’s report on the soldier’s state of mind at the time.
Baby abuser 'posted video on Facebook'
A 40-year-old Romanian man living in Linz will be charged with the sexual abuse of a baby, which he filmed and posted on Facebook, according to a report from the Austrian Press Agency.
Abusive defrocked priest denied jail appeal
An 81-year-old former priest sentenced to 12 years in prison for sexually and physically abusing at least 24 victims had his sentence confirmed by the Higher Regional Court in Linz on Thursday.
British soldier charged with child abuse in Tyrol
Austrian prosecutors said Wednesday that they have charged a British soldier for allegedly breaking into a local family's house and sexually abusing their six-year-old daughter.
'Sex contract' brother jailed for incest
A 17-year-old teenage boy has been sentenced to two and a half years in prison after admitting to the repeated sexual abuse of his then 12-year-old half-sister.
UK soldier suspected of child abuse in Tyrol
A British soldier has been arrested in Austria on suspicion of having sexually abused a six-year-old girl in Tyrol.
Vienna priest suspected of child abuse
A Catholic priest in Vienna is under investigation for sexual abuse of a minor, according to Nina Bussek, spokesperson for the Vienna public prosecutor's office on Wednesday.
Life in Austrian Catholic community 'was hell'
Defectors from a Catholic community called The Work (Das Werk), which is based in Bregenz in the west of Austria, have spoken out about abuse in the community.
Defrocked priest fails to appeal abuse sentence
Austria’s High Court has rejected an appeal by the former head of a Catholic boarding school run by Kremsmünster Abbey who was found guilty of child abuse.
Incest victim (14) gives birth to son
A 14-year-old girl who gave birth to a son earlier in 2014 is now believed to have been the victim of incest from her 20-year-old cousin.