http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1089670220021&call_pageid=968332188854&col=968350060724&tacodalogin=noVIENNA—The discovery of a vast cache of photos depicting apparent sexual activity between Roman Catholic clerics and student priests has led to resignations and a probe by church officials.
A Catholic church panel in the Sankt Poelten diocese, west of the capital, agreed to the probe yesterday after the respected news magazine Profil reported that as many as 40,000 photos and an undisclosed number of films, including child pornography, were found a year ago on computers at the local seminary.
It published several images purportedly showing priests and seminarians kissing and fondling each other. Others, it said, showed them engaging in orgies and sex games. The child porn had been downloaded from Web sites mostly based in Poland, Profil said.
The seminary's director, the Rev. Ulrich Kuechl, has resigned along with his deputy, Wolfgang Rothe.
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