priest

Senior Vatican priest resigns over advances to nun

A senior Vatican priest accused of making advances towards a nun during confession has resigned, the Vatican said on Tuesday.

Crime

Bavarian court jails ex-priest for 108 counts of child sex abuse

A German former Catholic priest was on Thursday sentenced to eight and a half years in prison for more than 100 cases of child sexual abuse and other offences.

priest

Black priest forced out of post by death threats and racism

The Congolese priest Olivier Ndjimbi-Tshiende quit his post at a Catholic church in Bavaria on Sunday after receiving death threats and being racially insulted by a local politician.

child abuse

Court probes abuse at Catholic boarding school

A monk and former teacher at a boarding school in the Bavarian alps pleaded not guilty on Thursday at his trial for abusing two pupils and attempted abuse of two more.

church

Vicar fired for marrying Muslim finally ordained

A vicar who was dismissed from her training in southern Germany for marrying a Muslim man was finally ordained last Sunday.

priest

Fake priest 'tries to get to Schumacher' in hospital

A person dressed as a priest, reportedly a journalist, tried to approach Michael Schumacher, who is in a coma and critical after a ski accident in France, his manager said on Tuesday.