RI gov candidate confronted sex abuse priest
German diocese say 6 accused over abuseREGENSBURG, Germany — Four priests and two nuns in the Regensburg diocese are under investigation for sexual abuse allegations, the diocese said Monday, as a wider picture began to emerge of incidents decades ago in the pope's native Bavaria.
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