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Bavaria: Man sentenced to prison for sex in church

The sexual intercourse of a couple in a church in the district of Rosenheim in Germany had made many headlines, and now the Traunstein district court has sentenced a man to a lengthy prison term.

However, the sentence of five years and five months only included a few months for "disturbing the practice of religion", a spokeswoman for the district court said on Thursday.

Trial for campsite fraud
First and foremost, the defendant was sentenced to prison on Wednesday for fraud in connection with his job as a campsite warden.

At the end of July 2022, the 39-year-old had consensual sex in the Catholic church in Schechen and also took photos of himself and his wife. She had already accepted a corresponding penalty order. The amount of the penalty remained unknown, as penalty order proceedings are not public. The local priest re-blessed the altar in the church with incense and holy water because of the incident shortly before Christmas last year.

The man was convicted mainly because he had defrauded pitch tenants at the campsite of money in 20 cases. In the process, he stole more than 400,000 euros, which have now been confiscated by the court, according to the spokesperson.