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Travel guides: Jewish Centre, Munich, Germany

2010-11-29T15:59:20Z

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Abuse victim faults pope, demands compensation

2010-04-09T09:00:37Z

AP Interview: German abuse victim faults pope Benedict XVI, seeks compensation from church

A German man who says a priest sexually abused him as an altar boy is demanding an apology from Pope Benedict XVI and compensation "even if the church goes bankrupt."

Wilfried Fesselmann said then-Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger is ultimately to blame for allowing the priest to continue in his pastoral duties....

Paedophilia priest suspended in pope's old diocese

2010-03-16T08:16:15Z

A priest housed with the current pope's approval in 1980 while under suspicion of paedophilia and convicted six years later has been suspended from duty, the pontiff's former diocese said.

The priest, named only as Peter H., 62, "was banned from working with children and young people. He broke this restriction," the diocese of Munich and Freising in southern Germany said in a statement late Mo...

German Catholics urge pope to speak on sex scandals

2010-06-12T12:23:39Z

BERLIN (Reuters) - German Catholic politicians and lay activists urged Pope Benedict on Monday to speak out about sexual abuse cases by priests that have shocked the country and led to questions about his management of the crisis.

The calls came amid widespread criticism in the media that ...

Vatican says bid to link pope to abuse issue failed

2010-06-12T12:23:36Z

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - The Vatican rallied around Pope Benedict Saturday, dismissing suggestions he had tried to cover up priestly child abuse in Germany.

"It's rather ...

Vatican fights to distance Pope from abuse scandals

2010-03-13T09:16:03Z

The Vatican on Saturday fought attempts to link Pope Benedict XVI to child sex abuse in a counteroffensive against the widening paedophilia scandals.

"It is clearly evident that in the past few days there are some who have sought -- with a dogged focus on Regensburg and Munich ...

Pope backed sex abuse priest transfer when archbishop

2010-03-12T15:00:39Z

BERLIN (Reuters) - Pope Benedict was involved in a decision to move a priest suspected of child abuse to his diocese for therapy when he was an archbishop in 1980, his former diocese in southern Germany said on Friday.

The priest was moved to t...

Johann Joseph Ignaz von Dollinger

2010-10-22T09:57:44Z

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Franz Xaver von Baader

2010-10-22T09:56:00Z

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A Martyr to the Nazis

2010-11-02T16:22:04Z

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Germany Alpine Skiing World Cup

2011-01-02T13:32:14Z

Winner Maria Pietilae-Holmner of Sweden, center, is flanked ond the podium by second placed Tina Maze of Slovenia, left, and third placed Austrian Elisabeth Goergl after an alpine skiing parallel slalom World Cup race held in Munich, southern

Germany Soccer Bundesliga

2010-12-11T10:31:22Z

The players of Bayern Munich present a banner to the fans with the slogan " Thank you very much for your support in 2010" after their German first division Bundesliga soccer match between FC Bayern Munich and FC St. Pauli in Munich, southern Germany, on Saturday, Dec. 11, 2010. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)...

Germany Church Abuse

2010-12-03T11:44:22Z

FILE - The Feb 2, 2008 file photo shows bishop Reinhard Marx during a mass in the cathedral of Munich, southern Germany. The archbishop of Munich and Freising has begged forgiveness for "everything that those working for the church have done" after a report showed that more than 200 priests and religion teachers abused children in a dioceses that was...

Germany Weather Snow

2010-12-02T05:31:49Z

Camp beds sit in the departure area of the Munich, southern Germany, airport Thursday, Dec. 2, 2010 after numerous flights have been cancelled due to heavy snowfall. (AP Photo/dapd, Lukas Barth)

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Germany Demjanjuk Trial

2010-11-16T03:01:37Z

FILE - In this April 20, 2010 file picture John Demjanjuk arrives in a courtroom in Munich, Germany. In statements read in court Thursday, Nov. 11, 2010, two ex-guards told Soviet authorities years after the war they had admitted to things in the immediate post-war years only because they were tortured. (AP Photo/Tobias Hase, Pool, File)