Austrian women artists for Haiti

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By John MorrisAn exhibition and auction by a leading Austrian artist raised 4,500 Euros for female victims of the Haiti earthquake.Mara Stamenkovic opened an exhibition at Vienna’s Palais Coburg on Monday, International WomenÂ’s Day, and used the occasion as an opportunity to help the victims of the disaster, which claimed almost 200,000 lives.The exhibition, entitled […]

Church rejects blackmail bid

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The Roman Catholic Graz-Seckau diocese has today (Weds) revealed how a former victim of sexual abuse by priests tried to blackmail them for one million Euros.The dioceses made the statement when it confirmed reports about a case of sexual abuse of boys by a priest in the 1970s as reported by the newspaper Kleine Zeitung.The […]

Vienna archdiocese has child abuse ombudsman

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The Roman Catholic Vienna archdiocese has had an ombudsmen for sexual abuse of children since 1996, it revealed today (Weds).Erich Leitenberger, the press spokesman for the Vienna archdiocese, said psychotherapist and psychiatrist Johannes Wancata was the current ombudsman.Wancata said: “We are at the victimsÂ’ disposal. We take every suspicion seriously and are prepared to follow […]