A court in southeastern Germany has sentenced a former Catholic priest to 8 ? The regional court in Deggendorf, about 100 kilometers (62 miles) northeast of Munich, found the defendant guilty Thursday of abusing five boys on more than 100 occasions since the mid-1990s. He was also convicted of bodily harm, forging documents and possessing child pornography. German news agency dpa reported that judges ordered the man, who wasn't identified, to be held in a psychiatric unit. Dpa reports the defendant may be kept in preventative detention after he has served his sentence depending on whether therapy is successful.

Source: ABC News February 22, 2018 13:30 UTC