“Pastor Sjampie rubbed his beard against my cheek as a reward… Unknowingly, I never got such good marks again afterward.” The many stories about inappropriate behavior also bring back bad memories for writer Etienne Van den Steen (72) from Bruges. He attended the Sint-Maarten Institute in Aalst in the 1960s. “I now know about some moments: this was completely wrong.” Especially when Pastor Petoetje started asking him intimate questions in a separate room.
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“Pastor Sjampie cracked his whip… ‘I will tame you all’”: Etienne (72) about his unpleasant time in ‘small college’ in Aalst
