Catholic Church Reportedly Castrated Young Boys to "Cure" Their Homosexuality

By Jonathan Higbee
Instinct Magazine
March 19, 2012

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Horrifying allegations are being made against the Catholic Church this weekend in the Dutch press. According to a committee set up to investigate the priest abuse scandal, information has come to light suggesting that a Catholic institution regularly castrated young boys as a means to cure their homosexuality.

One confirmed case of Catholic castration has been found in Henk Hethius, who was sent to a Church-run psychiatric facility after providing evidence of years of sexual abuse at the hands of local priests. As reported by Dutch paper Limburger today, the Catholic facility then made the decision to castrate Hethius without involving his parents in an effort to curb him of his homosexual behavior. Various reports indicate that at least a dozen other boys were subjected to the same torture.

Dutch News adds:

Minutes of meetings held in the 1950s show inspectors were present when the castrations were openly discussed, the Limburger said. The minutes also showed directors of the institutions did not think parents needed to be involved in the decision-making process when minors were involved.

But there are indications at least 10 other boys were also castrated, the NRC reported on Saturday. The claims were not included in the Deetman report on sexual abuse within the Catholic church which was published at the end of last year.

MPs are now calling for a full parliamentary investigation into the abuse scandal because of concerns about the neutrality of the Deetman inquiry. Govenment MPs and the anti-immigration PVV have so far blocked calls for a formal inquiry, the NRC said on Monday.

"If the facts are correct, we are speaking of a serious situation that is being condemned by the (Catholic) Church," said Dutch Bishops' Conference spokesman Bert Elbertse, who promised the Roman Catholic heirarchy would work closely to aid an investigation.