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Elisabeth Mette, the head of the commission for dealing with cases of abuse (archive photo)
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Sexual abuse and brutal physical and psychological violence against children are said to have occurred for decades in two children's homes in the Augsburg district.
A project group set up by the Catholic diocese of Augsburg to clarify the situation found this in its final report.
In the sixties and seventies, in particular, two priests in the Josefsheim riding book in Fischach sexually assaulted male children and a young person, the group reports.
Other children were therefore abused by employees and even a neighbor of the home.
They were between ten and 15 years old.
Religious sisters used violence against children
In the Marienheim Baschenegg in Ustersbach, religious sisters are said to have exercised physical and psychological violence on children until 2004.
Most of the accused are no longer alive, reported the former President of the Bavarian State Social Court, Elisabeth Mette, who led the investigation.
Overall, according to their information, more than 30 alleged victims, men and women, contributed to the report.
According to the final report, home children were forced to eat vomit again.
Runaways had their bald heads shaved, and there was also a windowless basement room only three square meters in size to lock the children in.
In the past decade, the Catholic Church has been rocked by abuse scandals around the world.
It has become known that children have been sexually and physically abused in many homes in the past.
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