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	Deaths of 74 Children in Catholic Schools Raise Suspicions of Serial Killer Priest in Netherlands By JohnThomas Didymus God Discussion August 23, 2011 http://www.goddiscussion.com/75482/deaths-of-74-children-in-catholic-schools-raise-suspicions-of-serial-killer-priest-in-netherlands/ The authorities in The Netherlands are investigating the deaths of 34 boys in a Catholic school for mentally handicapped boys. The deaths which occurred between 1952 and 1954 in St. Joseph's, Heel, a school which takes only about 60 students each year has raised suspicions of serial murder given the fact that there were only a few deaths in the years before and after the deaths. The Deetman commission, a group appointed by the Dutch government to investigate allegations of child sexual abuse in the Catholic Church in The Netherlands found also that 40 children died during the same period in a school in the same locality for disabled girls, The St. Anna's Girls Institute, which had a population of about 1000 girls. It is not yet clear whether the deaths in the two schools, totaling 74, are connected, but Eugene Baak, a spokesman for the regional public prosecutor told AP that the deaths in the girls' school are not considered suspicious, though the reasons for this conclusion are not certain. Suspicions on the cause of the deaths are not helped by reports that municipal records on the deaths are very sketch and were kept for only a few years. Parents who had inquired at the time about the death of their children had met a "wall of silence." There are speculations on the possibility that the deaths might have been serial murders and Eugene Baak, in an interview with Wall Street Journal, confirmed that there are possible suspects who are still alive. One of the suspects is a priest who was in charge of the sick ward at St. Joseph's and who was dismissed suddenly after complaint by a doctor.
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