https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Austria in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Austrian prosecutors said on Monday that they have issued an arrest warrant for former Olympic judo champion Peter Seisenbacher after a no-show at his trial for alleged child sex abuse. https://www.thelocal.at/20170116/warrant-issued-for-olympic-champion-over-alleged-child-abuse Mon, 16 Jan 2017 16:29:34 +0100 warrant-issued-for-olympic-champion-over-alleged-child-abuse A project in Vienna to compensate the victims of sexual, physical and psychological abuse in children’s homes in the 1950s and 1960s is to be closed after six years. https://www.thelocal.at/20160211/city-of-vienna-paid-out-52-million-euros-for-abuse-at-childrens-homes Thu, 11 Feb 2016 12:21:51 +0100 city-of-vienna-paid-out-52-million-euros-for-abuse-at-childrens-homes Lambach Abbey in Upper Austria has been hit by a sex scandal after a drunken monk was arrested after reportedly having sex with a minor on May 11th in Linz. https://www.thelocal.at/20150601/drunk-monk-had-sex-with-minor Mon, 01 Jun 2015 18:39:01 +0200 drunk-monk-had-sex-with-minor The trial of a British soldier who allegedly broke into a house in Tyrol in western Austria and sexually abused a six-year-old girl has been delayed whilst the defence seeks to get a psychiatrist’s report on the soldier’s state of mind at the time. https://www.thelocal.at/20150310/british-paratroopers-rape-trial-delayed Tue, 10 Mar 2015 14:29:26 +0100 british-paratroopers-rape-trial-delayed A 40-year-old Romanian man living in Linz will be charged with the sexual abuse of a baby, which he filmed and posted on Facebook, according to a report from the Austrian Press Agency. https://www.thelocal.at/20150203/baby-abuser-posted-video-on-internet Tue, 03 Feb 2015 10:42:00 +0100 baby-abuser-posted-video-on-internet An 81-year-old former priest sentenced to 12 years in prison for sexually and physically abusing at least 24 victims had his sentence confirmed by the Higher Regional Court in Linz on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.at/20150129/abusive-defrocked-priest-denied-jail-appeal Fri, 30 Jan 2015 00:02:00 +0100 abusive-defrocked-priest-denied-jail-appeal Austrian prosecutors said Wednesday that they have charged a British soldier for allegedly breaking into a local family's house and sexually abusing their six-year-old daughter. https://www.thelocal.at/20150121/british-soldier-charged-for-child-abuse-in-tyrol Wed, 21 Jan 2015 13:40:00 +0100 british-soldier-charged-for-child-abuse-in-tyrol A 17-year-old teenage boy has been sentenced to two and a half years in prison after admitting to the repeated sexual abuse of his then 12-year-old half-sister. https://www.thelocal.at/20150105/abusive-brother-jailed-for-incest Mon, 05 Jan 2015 13:33:00 +0100 abusive-brother-jailed-for-incest A British soldier has been arrested in Austria on suspicion of having sexually abused a six-year-old girl in Tyrol. https://www.thelocal.at/20141204/uk-soldier-suspected-of-child-abuse-in-tyrol Thu, 04 Dec 2014 13:29:00 +0100 uk-soldier-suspected-of-child-abuse-in-tyrol A Catholic priest in Vienna is under investigation for sexual abuse of a minor, according to Nina Bussek, spokesperson for the Vienna public prosecutor's office on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.at/20141112/vienna-priest-abused-child-had-child-porn Wed, 12 Nov 2014 18:59:00 +0100 vienna-priest-abused-child-had-child-porn Defectors from a Catholic community called The Work (Das Werk), which is based in Bregenz in the west of Austria, have spoken out about abuse in the community. https://www.thelocal.at/20141110/life-in-austrian-catholic-community-was-hell Mon, 10 Nov 2014 12:55:00 +0100 life-in-austrian-catholic-community-was-hell Austria’s High Court has rejected an appeal by the former head of a Catholic boarding school run by Kremsmünster Abbey who was found guilty of child abuse. https://www.thelocal.at/20141106/defrocked-priest-fails-to-appeal-abuse-sentence Thu, 06 Nov 2014 14:55:00 +0100 defrocked-priest-fails-to-appeal-abuse-sentence A 14-year-old girl who gave birth to a son earlier in 2014 is now believed to have been the victim of incest from her 20-year-old cousin. https://www.thelocal.at/20140821/incest-victim-gives-birth-to-son Thu, 21 Aug 2014 16:13:00 +0200 incest-victim-gives-birth-to-son An Austrian man is on trial in Germany, accused of murdering his 23-year-old step-daughter in Essen, after years of imprisoning and sexually abusing her. https://www.thelocal.at/20140813/father-on-trial-for-murdering-and-abusing-daughter Wed, 13 Aug 2014 13:00:00 +0200 father-on-trial-for-murdering-and-abusing-daughter