Public prosecutor's office in St. Gallen has opened criminal proceedings against Walter Mixa.
Mixa, 82, is said to have sexually harassed a man in 2012. The 82-year-old denies all allegations. In 2010, the media reported that Mixa once slapped children in care and embezzled funds, including money from the orphanage foundation, as a pastor in Schrobenhausen,. Mixa finally admitted “the odd quibble” and offered Pope Benedict XVI his resignation.