SOUTH AFRICA
The New Age
Itumeleng Mafisa and Dudu Dube
The father of a 15 year old boy who was allegedly abused by Fr Georg Kerkhoff during a St Bonifatius Catholic Church retreat at Haartebesport in the North West, claims that the church had punished his son and other victims for alerting the authorities of their abuse.
The father who cannot be identified to protect his son, said the youngster was so traumatised that he eventually moved to Germany while some of the other four alleged victims moved to other parts of Europe.
And instead of support the church accused his son and Kerkhoff’s four other alleged victims of making up stories.
The father also claimed that the five families were isolated by the Church and made to feel like trouble makers until eventually they all left the church.
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