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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.
The
evidence is contained in a letter found in the archives of the Catholic child
protection services. The letter was written by a judge who warned the board of
the child protection services that clerics were sexually abusing children.
The board
took action and sent various letters to the boards of institutions to warn
them. The confidential letters mentioned a black list of abusers. But the
church hierarchy failed to take steps to stop the abuse.
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