St. Pölten, Austria
The top two priests at an Austrian Roman Catholic seminary resigned this week after investigators found a huge hoard of child pornography and thousands of photos of seminary instructors kissing and fondling students. The newsmagazine Profil ran several of the kissing photos, and said other images that were too racy to publish showed orgies and sex games. The Austrian Bishops Conference said it was launching a full investigation. “Anything that has to do with the practice of homosexuality or pornography has no place at a seminary for priests,” the group said. Bishop Kurt Krenn, who oversees the diocese, called the photos a “childish prank” that had “nothing to do with homosexuality.”
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