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As a rector of the Berlin Canisius college, Klaus Mertes covered the abuse of students through two religious brothers-the Catholic Church fell into a deep crisis.How does Jesuit assess the previous processing? Interview: Rainer Stadler A good 15 years ago, the Jesuit priest Klaus Mertes made public that two teachers of the Canisius college had misused students in the 1970s and 1980s.In doing so, he triggered an unprecedented wave: almost daily new cases of sexual violence in institutions of the Catholic Church became known.Since then, Mertes has been observing exactly how the dioceses and orders deal with the allegations and, above all, with those affected.