February 04, 2010
Jesuit Teachers at Top German School Admit Sexually Abusing Boys
A Jesuit teacher confessed yesterday to sexually abusing boys at a top German school, further engulfing the country’s Roman Catholic Church in a scandal over the mistreatment of dozens of pupils in its care. Almost 30 alleged victims have come forward with claims against three Jesuit staff, saying that they were abused in the 1970s and 1980s at Canisius college in Berlin, alma mater of some of the country’s political, business and academic elite. Peter R and Wolfgang S left the school in 1981 and 1979 respectively while the third alleged perpetrator, named as Bernhard E, 70, was suspended from the Jesuit order yesterday after admitting one case of sexual abuse. Three further victims made claims against him. Mr S, a former gym teacher, 65, now living in Chile, has confessed to the allegations and last week wrote an open letter of apology to victims, while Mr R has denied the allegations.Click Here For The Full Story......
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Jesuit Sex Scandal Widens
BERLIN - A scandal over sexual abuse by Jesuit priests in Germany in the 1970s and 80s snowballed on Wednesday as a third teacher confessed. More victims were coming forward and further schools were implicated. The elite Canisius school in Berlin last week admitted systematic sexual abuse of children by at least two Roman Catholic priests, named in media reports as Peter R and Wolfgang S, who have now both left the order. The head of the Jesuits in Germany revealed on Tuesday that a third priest, named in newspapers as Bernhard E, had been suspended after admitting abusing one pupil after a lawyer representing three alleged victims confronted him.