"A Traumatised and Traumatising Institution: Reflections on the Sexual Abuse Crisis in the Catholic Church"
Fr Klaus Mertes is a German Jesuit, high school teacher, author and editor. He came to prominence as the whistle-blower who, as headmaster of the Jesuit school, Canisius-Kolleg, Berlin, first unveiled and addressed the historic sexual and physical abuse in the School. Through his actions, other victims from schools across Germany came forward.

Since 2011 he has been Headmaster of the Jesuit school, Kolleg St Blasien, and continues to be outspoken on the wider Church’s glacial response to the problem.
Date: 1 November 2016, 17:30 (Tuesday, 4th week, Michaelmas 2016)
Venue: Mathematical Institute, Woodstock Road OX2 6GG
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre 2
Speakers: Fr Klaus Mertes, SJ (Kolleg St Blasien, Germany), Lord Chris Patten (Chancellor, University of Oxford)
Organising department: St Benet's Hall
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Host: Prof Werner G Jeanrond (St Benet's Hall, University of Oxford)
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Cost: Free
Audience: Public
Editor: Katy Griffiths