Reuters
June 22, 2011
http://blogs.reuters.com/faithworld/2011/06/22/catholic-church-should-pay-dutch-sexual-abuse-victims-commission/
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| Pictures of sexual abuse victims placed outside the Vatican Embassy in London September 9, 2010 |
TheDutch bishops' conference had sought the recommendation of an independent commission after cases surfaced involving paedophile priests in the Netherlands, Belgium, Ireland, Germany, Australia, Canada and the United States.
Victims should be paid on a sliding scale starting at 5,000 euros, with 25,000 for victims of rape and the maximum of 100,000 euros ($142,300) for "exceptional cases of sexual abuse", the commission concluded. Its report released on Monday said financial compensation alone was not enough, and victims should receive apologies, assistance and recognition for their suffering.
A separate commission had reported in December that 1,975 people had come forward to declare that they were victims of sexual and physical abuse while they were minors in the care of the Roman Catholic Church in the Netherlands.
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