It was announced on Thursday that the German Bishop of Augsburg, who had been accused of beating children at a Catholic children's home in the 1970s and 1980s, had tendered his resignation.

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The authority wouldn't reveal how much of a factor children play in the fare-beating problem.

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The children scream, and I spend all night beating the rats out.

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