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Article: Dutch parliament considers abuse inquiry
The Dutch parliament may start an official inquiry into sexual and violent abuse committed by members of the Roman Catholic Church.
Video: Dutch bishops say sorry for sexual abuse
On Sunday, priests in many Dutch Roman Catholic churches read out a letter written by bishops in response to a scathing report on child sex abuse at Catholic institutions. The report, issued on Friday, concluded that child sex abuse...
Article: Covering the Catholic sex abuse cover-up
Roman Catholic bishops in the Netherlands protected sexual abusers and covered up their crimes, according to a major new report released today. The church-installed Deetman Commission says there were up to 20,000 victims of abuse between...
Video: "Catholic church knew about sexual abuse in 1958"
A Dutch current affairs programme has uncovered evidence that in 1958 the Netherlands’ Catholic Church hierarchy was told that children were being physically and sexually abused in its institutions.
Article: Dutch bishop faces new abuse allegations
The Dutch police have been asked via Interpol to investigate new sex abuse allegations against retired Dutch bishop 'Cor S.' Radio Netherlands Worldwide has learned this from conversations with the sex crimes division of the Irish national...
Article: Abuse in Dutch Catholic care: more evidence
Serious abuses went on unreported for years in Dutch Roman Catholic homes for the mentally disabled. They included sex offences, castration, secret medical experiments and possibly murder. One Catholic brother was banished to Africa for...
Article: Abuse victims urge ICC to prosecute the pope
Victims of sexual abuse by the clergy have asked the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague to prosecute Pope Benedict XVI and other leading Vatican officials for crimes against humanity. A worldwide network of victims accuses the...
Article: High child death rate in 1950s mental institution investigated
The Dutch Public Prosecutor’s Office is investigating the cases of 34 mentally disabled youngsters who died whilst in the care of Roman Catholic clergy at the St Joseph care home in the southern province of Limburg at the beginning...
Article: Dutch bishop investigated for alleged abuse in Kenya
The Dutch Public Prosecutor's Office in Arnhem is investigating whether there is enough evidence to prosecute Bishop Cornelius Schilder for the sexual abuse of an underage boy in Kenya 18 years ago, a spokesperson has confirmed to Radio...
Article: Vatican 'too slow to act' on allegations against Dutch bishop
A Dutch Roman Catholic bishop was allowed to remain at his post in Kenya for two years after the Vatican was informed that he had sexually abused a minor. Bishop Cornelius Schilder was sent into early retirement in 2009, officially for...
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