Pope Names Investigator for Austrian Sex Scandal
Pope John Paul II, reacting swiftly to a sex and child pornography scandal that has shaken the Austrian Roman Catholic Church, named a special investigator to examine the case. Bishop Klaus Kung of Feldkirch, Austria, was named to look into the problems of the diocese of St. Poelten, west of Vienna, and in particular a seminary at the center of the allegations.
News that police had seized seminary computers to check for child pornography came out in May, but the scandal erupted when the newsmagazine Profil ran pictures last week of priests kissing and groping students.
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