Priest denies rape charges

Regensburg - A German priest on trial for rape admitted yesterday that he had an affair with his housekeeper, practised sado-…

Regensburg - A German priest on trial for rape admitted yesterday that he had an affair with his housekeeper, practised sado-masochistic sex with two other women and made pornographic films.

The 55-year-old Catholic priest, however, denied prosecution claims that he raped the housekeeper at his house in Ascholtshausen, near Regensburg, eight years ago.

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