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Tens of thousands of children have suffered sexual abuse in Dutch Catholic institutions since 1945, a report says.
The report by an independent commission said Catholic officials had failed to tackle the widespread abuse at schools, seminaries and orphanages.
Based on a survey of more than 34,000 people, the report estimates that one in five children in Catholic institutions suffered abuse.
Allegations of abuse at a school in the east Netherlands triggered the inquiry.
The commission began work in August 2010 and studied 1,800 reports of abuse at Catholic institutions. It has identified 800 alleged perpetrators, just over 100 of whom are still alive.
"The problem of sexual abuse was known in the orders and dioceses of the Dutch Catholic Church," the commission says, according to news agency AFP, "but the appropriate actions were not undertaken."
The inquiry sought to uncover what had gone on and how it had happened, and examined what kind of justice should be offered to victims.
It estimated that one in 10 Dutch children had suffered some form of abuse, rising to one in five among those who had attended a Catholic institution.
Last month the Dutch branch of the Catholic Church set up a sliding compensation system based on the severity of abuse suffered, offering compensation of between 5,000 and 100,000 euros (£4,200-£84,000; $6,500-130,000).
The commission's findings have been keenly awaited by the Dutch population, 29% of whom are identified as Catholic, the BBC's Anna Holligan reports from The Hague.
No idea WTF people are into religion sometimes.
Catholics seem to love their child abuse for some bizarre reason
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-16216174
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The report by an independent commission said Catholic officials had failed to tackle the widespread abuse at schools, seminaries and orphanages.
Based on a survey of more than 34,000 people, the report estimates that one in five children in Catholic institutions suffered abuse.
Allegations of abuse at a school in the east Netherlands triggered the inquiry.
The commission began work in August 2010 and studied 1,800 reports of abuse at Catholic institutions. It has identified 800 alleged perpetrators, just over 100 of whom are still alive.
"The problem of sexual abuse was known in the orders and dioceses of the Dutch Catholic Church," the commission says, according to news agency AFP, "but the appropriate actions were not undertaken."
The inquiry sought to uncover what had gone on and how it had happened, and examined what kind of justice should be offered to victims.
It estimated that one in 10 Dutch children had suffered some form of abuse, rising to one in five among those who had attended a Catholic institution.
Last month the Dutch branch of the Catholic Church set up a sliding compensation system based on the severity of abuse suffered, offering compensation of between 5,000 and 100,000 euros (£4,200-£84,000; $6,500-130,000).
The commission's findings have been keenly awaited by the Dutch population, 29% of whom are identified as Catholic, the BBC's Anna Holligan reports from The Hague.
No idea WTF people are into religion sometimes.
Catholics seem to love their child abuse for some bizarre reason
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-16216174
My bad, please delete mods
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