Catholic Scandal Spreads - Former Regensburg Choirboys Talk of 'Naked
Beatings'  03/08/2010
Former choirboys of the Regensburger Domspatzen have told SPIEGEL
about sexual and physical abuse at two boarding schools attached to
the famous Catholic choir. One former choirboy says it's
"inexplicable" that the Pope's brother Georg Ratzinger, a former head
of the choir, didn't know about it.     The abuse scandal at the
Regensburger Domspatzen choir is bigger than had been thought so far.
Therapists in and around Munich treated several former choirboys who
were traumatized by sexual and other physical abuse.

One man affected told SPIEGEL about cruel rituals in the Etterzhausen
boarding school, a preparatory school for younger pupils from which
the choir draws its recruits. He said that at the end of the 1950s the
headmaster of the school, a Catholic priest, had dealt out hard
physical punishments. He had often practiced what was called "naked
beatings" in his private rooms, where boys aged eight or nine had to
undress and were beaten by hand. In some cases, the victim said,
penetration took place.

'Sexual Lust'    The director and composer Franz Wittenbrink, who lived
in the Regensburg boarding school of the choir until 1967, said the
school had an "elaborate system of sadistic punishments combined with
sexual lust." He said the headmaster at the time "would choose two or
three of us boys in the dormitories in the evenings and take them to
his flat." He said there had been red wine, and that the priest had
masturbated with the pupils. "Everyone knew about it," said
Wittenbrink. "I find it inexplicable that the Pope's brother Georg
Ratzinger, who had been cathedral bandmaster since 1964, apparently
knew nothing about it." http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,682344,00.html

Women In Crime Ink - Don't Free the West Memphis Three 3/8/10
all accusations are alleged

Jessie Misskelley, 17, (right) confessed to the crime in detail. Three
times. He had a temper and got in fights. He had a record for
shoplifting and vandalism. He was a bit slow and a follower.
Jason Baldwin, 16, had a record for vandalism and shoplifting. He was
Damien's best friend.
Damien Echols, 18, had a history of psychological problems for which
he had been institutionalized. He is reported to have stomped a dog to
death, attacked patients in the mental hospital sucking blood out of
their wounds, starting fires at school, threatened to kill his
teachers and parents, claimed he was a supernatural being, said he
liked to drink blood because it gave him special power, and read Anton
LeVay's Satanic Bible. Damien exhibits psychopathic behaviors. He
bragged about committing the crime. Circumstantial evidence supported
the involvement of the teens in the crime. The three had no alibis.
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