Sunday, August 15, 2010

Austrians Abandon Catholicism En "Masse"

Reuters

Ha ha: "Some 57,000 have already quit the church in the first six months of the year, Austrian daily Der Standard reported, citing figures from local state authorities. This is already more than the full-year total for 2009 when 53,216 walked out... Hundreds of reports of child sexual abuse in Austrian Catholic institutions were triggered by the resignation of an arch-abbot in Salzburg in April after he admitted to sexually abusing a boy 40 years ago."
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