Overview

• The 50-year-old defendant threatened to expose nude images of a Catholic priest he met on a gay dating platform unless paid €50,000.
• When the priest refused to pay and reported the threat, the defendant emailed the images to the parish office in January 2023.
• On May 30, 2025, Augsburg District Court convicted him of attempted extortion and handed down a 20-month prison term suspended on probation.
• As part of the sentence, he must donate €800 to the Malteser charity and remains on a three-year probation period.
• Defense attorneys highlighted his long-standing psychiatric treatment for depression and personality disorder, saying remorse over the affair influenced his actions.