February 02, 2010
Jesuit Order Admits Child Sex Abuse In Three Nations - Summary
BERLIN -- The Jesuit Order of Catholic priests admitted Monday that boys had been sexually abused at its secondary schools in three nations and that it covered up the scandal a quarter century ago. Stefan Dartman, superior for Germany of the worldwide order, spoke in Berlin after a former sex abuser who left the order in 1991 went public with an admission that he forced boys to have sex at an upmarket boys school, Canisius College, in the capital from 1975 to 1983. Dartmann disclosed that the same sports teacher had been guilty of similar abuses at the order's schools in Spain and Chile. Dartmann criticized his predecessors for not making the cases public. In Germany, the abuses happened in five different towns. "We realize with horror that these matters were evidently perceived differently in the 1970s, 80s and 90s," Dartmann said.Click Here For The Full Story......