NETHERLANDS
Dutch News
Saturday 12 April 2014
The Catholic church in Roermond has finally admitted a former bishop abused two boys, despite denying the abuse claims for years.
Jo Gijsen, who died last year, was bishop of Roermond from 1972 to 1993. He then moved to Austria and Iceland, before returning to the Netherlands in 2007.
A Dutch Catholic church committee investigating abuse claims has decided two complaints against Gijsen were proven.
Gijsen, a traditional and controversial bishop, set up his own seminary in Kerkrade named Rolduc which was described as both ‘closed’ and ‘a feeding ground for homosexual relations’ by the Volkskrant newspaper.
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