Läderach-Schule wegen angeblicher Prügel in der Kritik

Jürg Läderach und seine «Christliche Schule Linth» stehen unter Druck.

Transcript

00:00 Jörg Lederach and his Christian school LIND are under pressure.

00:03 An SRF documentary casts great shadows on the name.

00:07 The Christian school LIND, formerly known as Domino Survive, is under fire.

00:13 Jörg Lederach, a prominent chocolatier and co-founder of the school, is accused of

00:20 breeding students with a belt.

00:22 Lederach is not aware of his guilt and vehemently disputes the allegations.

00:27 Together with fellow travellers, Jörg Lederach took over the Hofoberkirche in Kaltbrunn in 1995.

00:36 There they founded a free church and a Christian private school with boarding school.

00:41 The students were to be raised in the name of the Trinity.

00:46 This is still in the statutes of the school currently visited by 48 children.

00:53 Despite rumours about alleged breeding, the district office of the canton of St. Gallen

00:58 could not find any evidence.

01:01 Jörg Raschle from the education department remembers SRF, "They all had doubts, but

01:07 they were never caught."

01:10 Even prayer rituals were preached.

01:13 About two and a half years ago, the SRF team began research for the Christian school LIND.

01:19 Former students reported their experiences.

01:23 A report that was commissioned by the school confirms many of these statements.

01:31 All kinds of beatings, beating rituals and even sexual abuse are mentioned.

01:37 Anita H., a former student, says, "Everyone knew that children were beaten."

01:43 This was also preached.

01:46 Several former students claim that Jörg Lederach had bred fellow students with his belt.

01:53 Joel W., another former student, reports to the television station, "You had to bend over

01:59 the bed, let your pants down and then there were beatings."

02:02 Lederach denies and threatens.

02:05 Jörg Lederach denies the accusations in a notarially-believed statement as "humiliating".

02:11 He wrote, "He never beat students or abused them."

02:19 Accordingly, he is very sorry for these events.

02:21 Some former students at the school doubt this statement.

02:27 Opposite SRF says a former student, "They apologize for something they allegedly

02:33 didn't see.

02:35 But they don't apologize for doing it.

02:39 And they took part, each and every one of them."

02:43 Further, the chocolate factory threatens to face legal consequences for people who

02:49 make such claims.

02:50 An incident, which is mentioned in the film, was even shown by Lederach in advance.

02:56 No investigation so far.

02:59 The St. Galler Department of Education is reporting on the heavy accusations raised

03:05 by the police against a Christian school in Kaltbrunn SG.

03:09 The situation was blocked for data protection reasons, the authorities wrote to the press

03:16 agency Kiestone SDR.