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Article: Pressure grows for inquiry into church-ordered castrations
The Roman Catholic church actively encouraged the castration of homosexual boys and men in the 1950s and 1960s, according to scholars who testified to the Dutch parliament. Medical historian Mart van Lieburg told parliament that a...
Video: Monument unveiled for sexually abused children
Cardinal Eijk of the Netherlands has unveiled a monument for sexually abused children. The stained glass object is located in front of a church in the eastern city of Hengelo. It depicts the Virgin Mary protecting two children at play. The...
Article: Time for the truth about Catholic sex abuse in the Netherlands
The revelation that a number of minors who were abused in Dutch Roman Catholic institutions were also forcibly castrated has shocked the Netherlands. It casts grave doubt upon the recent findings of a commission set up to look into abuse...
Article: Forced castrations reportedly found in Roman Catholic care
Underage sexual abuse victims were castrated in Dutch Roman Catholic psychiatric wards in the 1950s, according to the Rotterdam-based newspaper NRC Handelsblad. Castration was performed on young men who were thought to be homosexual, but...
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...
