Physical and sexual abuse took place up to 2015 at Regensburger Domspatzen choir school,referred to by some pupils as ‘hell’
Five-hundred-and-forty-seven pupils at one of Germany’s most distinguished Roman Catholic choir schools were physically or sexually abused between 1945 and 2015, an independent report has found, or with some boys likening the institution to “prison,hell or a concentration camp”. The 440-page report chronicles teachers at the school in Regensburg doling out physical violence including slapping boys in the face so tough the marks could be seen the next day, whipping them with wooden sticks and violin bows and subjecting them to severe beatings. Related: Pope's brother asks for forgiveness over violence at school Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com