German lawyer: 115 claim sex abuse by Jesuits

The number of students who claim they were sexually abused by Jesuit priests at schools across Germany has jumped to 115, a lawyer said Thursday.

Ursula Raue, an attorney appointed by the order to handle the charges, said that since seven alumni of the private Catholic Canisius Kolleg in Berlin first reported abuses in January, the accusations have "taken on a dimension of previously unbelievable proportions," the DAPD news agency reported.

Raue told reporters that victims have identified 12 Jesuit priests by name and accused women in some cases. She also said rapes have been reported.

The sexual abuse charges are the most widespread …