A hit against German priests and catholic church The catholic church has since many years a reputation to cover up misuse of children ("choir boys") and the priests' dependents (like "house maidens"). But there was never a follow through and they got away with it. Money flew to keep people silent. Surprisingly this night there was a countrywide raid against all offices of all German dioceses of the catholic church and finally files and evidence of the cover ups are getting seized. You might have to use translate.google.com: A hit against the dioceses - link