NETHERLANDS
Radio Netherlands
The national organisation of clerical child sex abuse victims (KLOKK) is calling for a parliamentary inquiry into allegations that young boys were castrated in Dutch Roman Catholic psychiatric wards in the 1950s.
KLOKK chairman Guid Klabbers said the news, revealed on Friday by Dutch newspaper NRC Handelsblad, showed that the Deetman Commission had failed to uncover all abuses: “We’ve had many grave rape cases, but this is even worse. This is a case of extreme abuse of power and perverse pleasure in wielding power. Sheer horror.” He spoke of crimes against humanity.
The latest revelations, Mr Klabbers added, raise many questions. “It suggests there remain facts that have yet to be revealed. That´s not right. Any lingering doubt must be removed.”
Parliament is to devote a session to the matter next week. Wim Deetman, who led the independent inquiry into clerical child sex abuse, is expected to be questioned during the hearing. For the past two years, parliament has been debating whether to launch its own investigation into the scandal.
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