NETHERLANDS
Instinct Magazine
Written by Jonathan Higbee | Monday, 19 March 2012
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.
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