St. Iddazell Association

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The St. Iddazell Association , also known as Fischingen Abbey Association , is an institution of “male Catholics” founded in 1879 and the owner of the Fischingen Abbey with its headquarters in Fischingen TG in the canton of Thurgau in Switzerland .

The association founded for the purchase of the monastery facilities bought the monastery properties (excluding the monastery church, which is the property of the Catholic parish of Fischingen) from the Thurgau government councilor August Wild. Before that he had run an international trade school in the monastery, rather unsuccessfully. In its more than 100-year history, the association has operated orphanages, educational institutions and special school homes on behalf of the Swiss cantons . The association has been running a special needs school on behalf of the Canton of Thurgau since 1976.

The association came under fire because of suspicions that children in homes had been sexually abused by the association's educators. Witnesses report excesses of violence, waterboarding and sexual assault from the 1950s to the 1970s, while these incidents are partially denied by former teachers and students. The children's home was under the direction of Engelberger Fathers from autumn 1943 . The St. Iddazell Association initiated the investigation into the allegations. On October 9, 2019, the St. Galler Tagblatt reported that a former child in a home is suing the canton of Thurgau for sexual assault and medical tests for 1.4 million francs. The canton violated its duty of supervision. The lawsuit was brought by Walter Nowak, who was housed in the home in the 1960s and 1970s.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Association «St. Iddazell »thinks about name change
  2. ^ Benno Schildknecht: Baroque Fischingen. Association St. Iddazell, 1991, ISBN 3-9520157-0-9 .
  3. ↑ Ida Sandl: St. Iddazell - the disenchanted place. Emotional coldness, strict rules, attacks. In: St. Galler Tagblatt .
  4. ↑ The monastery as hell. In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung -
  5. ↑ St. Iddazell Association rejects compensation. In: St. Galler Tagblatt.
  6. ↑ Abuse or character assassination? (PDF; 517 kB) In: St. Galler Tagblatt , July 17, 2012; Retrieved October 23, 2012.
  7. ↑ History of the Fischingen Monastery. Retrieved November 10, 2017 .
  8. ↑ In the hands of the sadist. In: Tages-Anzeiger , June 26, 2012, updated July 18, 2012; Retrieved October 23, 2012.
  9. ↑ "In the monastery I learned to respond to violence with violence". In: Tages-Anzeiger , July 18, 2012; Retrieved October 23, 2012.
  10. ↑ It was hell on earth. In: Tages-Anzeiger , October 23, 2012; Retrieved October 23, 2012.
  11. ↑ Ida Sandl: Drug tests in Münsterlingen and sexual abuse in Fischingen monastery: Former home child sued the canton of Thurgau for 1.4 million. St. Galler Tagblatt.

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