Hundreds of German choir boys allegedly abused, according to report

As many as 547 former students of the Catholic Regensburger Domspatzen choir school in Germany were abused physically, and in some cases sexually abused, over a period of 70 years, an independent report alleged.

"Pre-school victims of the Regensburg Domspatzen in (the towns of) Etterzhausen and Pielenhofen described the institution as a prison, hell and a concentration camp," the report's co-author lawyer Ulrich Weber.

"Many of them called the time there as the worst of their lives, marked by violence, fear and helplessness." Of 547 students, 500 said they had been the victims of physical violence, such as beatings, while another 67 said they had been the victims of sexual abuse. Some had experienced both.

UCJ, UNILORIN.