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kpete

(72,901 posts)
Mon Mar 19, 2012, 05:17 PM Mar 2012

EVIL. [View all]

Catholic Evil

What other word is there for this new and even more sickening revelation about the Church's abuse, rape and then castration of the victims of clerical pederasty?

The NRC Handelsblad newspaper identified Henk Heithuis who was castrated in 1956, while a minor, after reporting priests to the police for abusing him in a Catholic boarding home.

Joep Dohmen, the investigative journalist who uncovered the Heithuis case, also found evidence of at least nine other castrations. "These cases are anonymous and can no longer be traced," he said. "There will be many more. But the question is whether those boys, now old men, will want to tell their story."

Mr Heithuis died in a car crash in 1958, two years after being castrated at the age of 20, while under the age of majority, which was then 21. In 1956 he had accused Catholic clergy of sexually abusing him in his Church run care home.

The Dutch government enabled the crimes:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/netherlands/9153676/Dutch-Roman-Catholic-Church-castrated-at-least-10-boys.html
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http://andrewsullivan.thedailybeast.com/2012/03/catholic-evil.html

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