Lawyers representing clerical abuse victims in Austria say the Roman Catholic church must open up its archives, agree to pay victims compensation and cover their therapy costs, apologize and put in place a system to prevent future abuse and cover-up.Werner Schostal and Georg Zanger said Thursday they will sue if church officials fail to comply.
Austria is among several countries recently hit by a wave of abuse claims against clergy and employees of church-affiliated institutions such as schools.
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