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CHANCELLOR Angela Merkel called the sex abuse scandal rocking the homeland of Pope Benedict XVI a major challenge to German society and warned the only way to come to terms with it was to “find out everything that has happened”.

Eight new victims have contacted the Vienna Boys’ Choir after reports that members suffered sex abuse for years.