German officials investigating sex crimes within Roman Catholic establishments have raided a convent while looking for evidence of child abuse.

Police raided a Benedictine convent in the town of Ettal, located in the state of Bavaria, where twenty former students of the convent's boarding school have said they were abused.

Since the raid, three Benedictine nuns from a convent in the state of Saxony have been dismissed.

They are suspected of child abuse during their previous service at the Ettal convent.

Since the abuse of children at Roman Catholic establishments in Germany came to light at the end of January, there have been more than 150 reported cases.