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Catholic boarding school ‘torture’ on thousands of children uncovered in Switzerland
Thousands of children fell victim to violence and abuse in Catholic boarding schools in Switzerland up until the 1970s, according to a recent study decrying “sadistic” practices resembling “torture”. “There was always this incredible fear, fear, fear, fear,” recalled a former student of a Catholic boarding school in the German-speaking…
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