NETHERLANDS
Dutch News
The Dutch Catholic church is to pay financial compensation to 250 victims of sexual abuse whose cases were earlier dismissed.
The committee investigating the abuse determined earlier that 250 cases are not proven, mainly because there were no other complaints about the priest concerned.
The decision to pay compensation follows concerns by commission members that rejected complaints were also true, despite the lack of evidence.
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