Canisius-Kolleg Berlin

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Canisius-Kolleg Berlin

Location
Tiergartenstraße 30-31, 10785,
Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Information
Type Independent school
Religious affiliation(s) Roman Catholic;
Jesuit
Patron saint(s) St. Peter Canisius, S.J.
Established 1925
Chairman Tobias Zimmermann, S.J.
Headmaster Gabriele Hüdepohl
Grades 5–13 (Abitur)
Gender Coeducational
Number of students 840 (2011)[1]
Website canisius-kolleg.de

The Canisius-Kolleg Berlin (CK) is a coeducational, private and Catholic Gymnasium (German type of university-preparatory school) in Berlin, Germany directed by the Jesuits. The school is named after Saint Petrus Canisius. It is known as one of Berlin's most prestigious schools.[2]

Environment

The school is located in a central but also very calm area next to a large park called "Tiergarten". It is surrounded by many embassies like Japan's and Saudi Arabia's and also other political and economic organizations like CDU's headquarters and KPMG.

Alumni

After finishing school, former students sometimes retain connections. All former pupils of the Aloisiuskolleg, Kolleg St. Blasien and the Canisius-Kolleg Berlin can contact each other and see current addresses in the data base at Stellaner webpage.

Allegations of child sexual abuse

Main article: Sexual abuse scandal in the Society of Jesus

In 2004 and 2005 two former students of the school told the headmaster of the school that they had been sexually abused by two of their former teachers in the 1970s and in the 1980s. In December 2009 and January 2010 two other boys contacted the headmaster and claimed the same about the same teachers. The headmaster decided to write a letter to all former students in which he stated that he was deeply sorry for what happened. An investigative report detailing allegations of substantial abuse was released in 2010.[3]

Other Jesuit Schools in Germany

See also

External links

Coordinates: 52°30′33″N 13°21′16″E / 52.50917°N 13.35444°E / 52.50917; 13.35444

References

  1. ↑ Berlin.de School Profile
  2. ↑ Jan-Martin Wiarda: Schulkampf in Berlin. In: Die Zeit, 10. März 2005
  3. ↑ "Report Outlines Abuse Claims at German Jesuit Schools" article by Judy Dempsay in The New York Times May 27, 2010
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