Rape-charge priest 'threatened girl with punishment by God'

A Catholic priest has been charged with twice raping a 14-year-old girl in Germany 20 years ago.

Prosecutors in Osnabrueck said the 50-year old man, then a chaplain, used force to make the girl have sex with him and also threatened her with a punishment by God.

The priest, who has been relieved of his duties by the church, has admitted sexual contacts with the girl.

The woman says she has had a sexual relationship, marked by violence, with the chaplain over three years.

The woman contacted the diocese of Osnabrueck earlier this year amid a widening abuse scandal in Germany.