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20,000 SEXUAL VICTIMS Abused By CATHOLIC PREISTS
The Roman Catholic church in the Netherlands was shamed on Friday when a comprehensive investigation of sexual abuse of children by clergy over 40 years found one in five vulnerable children had been molested.
An 1,100-page report from a commission led by a former education minister and Christian Democrat leader said it could identify 800 Catholic clergy and other church employees guilt of sexually abusing children in the 40 years from 1945 and that more than 100 perpetrator were still alive.
Children in institutional care, regardless of religious affiliation, in the Netherlands were at substantial risk of being abused during the period, the molestation rate – 20% –being twice that of elsewhere.
The investigation led by Wim Deetman concluded that several tens of thousands of children had suffered sexual molestation.
With the Catholic church embroiled in child abuse scandals from Ireland to Austria and lay Catholics mobilising against the Vatican for root-and-branch reform of canon law to end celibacy in the priesthood and facilitate female ordination, the Dutch report was the latest damning verdict of serial abuse accompanied by persistent cover-ups.
The Catholic Church of the Netherlands is currently experiencing a comparable inundation, and this time it can no longer count on its little boys to do their duty.
While Catholics form only a minority of 27% in the large secular Netherlands, it appears that their institutions are responsible for a high proportion of the country’s sexual abuse. A new report released today shows an appalling history of sodomy and rape at the hands of priests and Church employees since the Second World War.
Catholic sex scandals have been sweeping the world like a wildfire for years.
THE HAGUE, Netherlands –
Thousands of children suffered
sexual abuse in Dutch Catholic
institutions, and church officials
failed to adequately address
the abuse or help the victims,
according to a long-awaited
investigation released Friday.
The report by the an
independent commission said
Catholic officials failed to
tackle the widespread abuse in
an attempt to prevent scandals.
The suspected number of abuse
victims who spent some of their
youth in church institutions
likely lies somewhere between
10,000 and 20,000, according to
a summary of the report
investigating allegations of
abuse dating back to 1945. …
Bert Smeets, an abuse victim
who attended the presentation
of the report, said it did not go
far enough in investigating and
outlining in precise detail
exactly what happened.
“What was happening was sexual
abuse, violence, spiritual terror,
and that should have been
investigated,” Smeets told The
Associated Press. “It remains
vague. All sorts of things
happened but nobody knows
exactly what or by whom. This
way they avoid responsibility.”
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wise guy
December 16, 2011 at 10:37 pm
mamamama! This story is big, how come there is noting done to contral the situation.
Pa Zed
December 16, 2011 at 10:43 pm
Why only realize today 2011 that someone was abused in 1945??
tute
December 16, 2011 at 10:46 pm
MILINGO IS RIGHT-Y NOT JUST MARRY
just wondering
December 16, 2011 at 10:53 pm
Let us make the world a better place, let us get rid of religion. Which war was fought and religion was not involved¿? Blessing the army on both sides of the war front. Can we concieve of a greater incongruity than for a Christian to go from his closet, where he has been praying for his enemies, and command his troops to plunge the weapons of death with fiend like fury into the hearts of those very enemies? In one case he happily resembles his dying master, but whom does he resemble in the other?
Air Mukwai
December 16, 2011 at 11:00 pm
limolimo balatena batufwe ba priest.
Just Wondering
December 17, 2011 at 1:04 am
@ just wondering, twaba banga?
Bwachakalé
December 17, 2011 at 1:43 am
Religon is the source of all evil and am no fan of evil!
Govt of Monkeys in a Maize Field
December 17, 2011 at 2:25 am
They are good at 2 things; sex and drafting a constitution for countries like Zambia.
Slayer B
December 17, 2011 at 5:35 am
These priests should stop molesting little boys. Let em have sex with the Nuns in those Parishes of theirs
gabriel
December 17, 2011 at 6:05 am
the errors of few individuals should not be imputed on Catholic family. doing this will be committing a fallacy. but we accept that involved priests were wrong and were supposed to be delt with wen the matter just happened.
Ng'ombe
December 17, 2011 at 6:08 am
Thse priests chew Vuvwe or those other roots.They cant go to adults as they can be embarassed fast.Most in Zambia are the ones entertaining the night street mauhule.Its a shame.JUST MARRY than pretend.Nyele ni nyele.They want always to testing a ‘new’ ‘hole’…
Tmkabwe
December 17, 2011 at 6:22 am
The true church of Christ has undergone a lot of persecution since its foundation over 2000 years ago. This is but just one of hundreds of millions, if not more. More faith is our perpetual desire,we pray to the Lord.
fomer catholic priest
December 17, 2011 at 6:25 am
may god b with u en oso with u f***g prists. catholic priests hav diety secreats.dey hav kids en tend 2 b stret kids,dey ar de reson y mst mareges ar nt stbl. balitemwa ukunyenga bafik**** hhahh kuti na batukana! prists sucks same as zim prophets! milingo z right y cnt u jst mary bavikalaa vaupuba! shame b wit u fukers.
fomer catholic priest
December 17, 2011 at 6:28 am
may god b with u en oso with u f***g prists. catholic priests hav diety secreats.dey hav kids en tend 2 b stret kids,dey ar de reson y mst mareges ar nt stbl. balitemwa ukunyenga bafik**** hhahh kuti na batukana! prists sucks same as zim prophets! y cnt u jst mary bavikalaa vaupuba! shame b wit u fukers.
EDUCATED
December 17, 2011 at 6:55 am
WHY SHOULD THEY PRETEND TO GO AGAINST NATURE THAT THEY CAN LIVE WITHOUT MARRYING. LET THEM MARRY. LET THEM NOT SUPPRESS THE NATURAL REQUIREMENTS OF THE BODY. THATS WHY GOD CREATED MARRIAGE. IT WOULDNT BE A BAD IDEA FOR PRIESTS TO MARRY COZ WE SHALL REDUCE SOME OF THESE SEX SCANDALS.
anti priest
December 17, 2011 at 7:01 am
one øf ma frnds goes out wit a priest.en he z our chaplen at sku en he tels us 2 b going 4 mass even tho wer nt cthlcs. z dat fair 4 us as studnts?
Lebo lida
December 17, 2011 at 7:18 am
Ala mwebantu utukashana twalilowa teti nomu priest ashipikishe.imwe ma priest fipangeni nga chakuti abafyashi benu bali ngaimwe bushe ngamwalifyalwa?now y ar u so selfish that u cant bring a child like u on earth?mwamona nomba mwaamba uku latomba utukashana musunga in the name of ophanage.wait jugment day ileisa kukaba ukunyopoka ngefishimu nokusebana.lastly i say mwishina lya tata namwana na mweo mutakatifu amen.GOD HELP THEM.
love 1
December 17, 2011 at 7:34 am
those so called fathers or priests should be just marrying because they just pretent tho they dont do it kashi machapions. any way God will deal with them one by one, may it be so.
Lil Mac
December 17, 2011 at 7:50 am
Its a club nt a church
Slayer B
December 17, 2011 at 7:57 am
You might wana defend the catholic faith, but self-professed priests, having sex with little boys is way beyond gross
Drugsquard
December 17, 2011 at 8:06 am
Mukwanisha shani chabula Mary.
Teti chibefyo
December 17, 2011 at 8:06 am
Ine campapushafye ili lyashi lyamusebanya.
DON J
December 17, 2011 at 8:18 am
A TRUE CHRISTIAN WITH THE SPIRIT OF PROFESS UNDSTDS THT CATHOLIC IS NOT A CHURCH. UNDSTD THE BOOK OF DANIEL AND REVELATION.
CHINYOKOLE
December 17, 2011 at 8:28 am
80% of street kids are Preists children
irrationalman
December 17, 2011 at 8:36 am
the catholic church in fact means universal thus to mean its bigger than its priests. by the way if you are a sinner ur welcome to the one universal church -catholic
dick
December 17, 2011 at 8:38 am
Some ophans u pretnd 2 luk afta are yo children we knw dat.en sme nuns hv bin mssng periods how?, obviously u do bang each other.
messenger
December 17, 2011 at 9:10 am
Roman Catholic Church mother of harlots.
shasha
December 17, 2011 at 10:04 am
some one says religion is the begining of all evil,am glad u said “religion” and “evil” which is associated wit devil,so atleast u know that the devil exists.
Mubanga Chisanga
December 17, 2011 at 11:29 am
Kupafye ma guys. This is insane. Milingo tapena iyo, he has been vindicated at long last. Naimwe ilacharger, so jst marry.
Ms mwine mushi
December 17, 2011 at 11:41 am
Jst marry u guys,bcoz we knw tht u slip with nuns elo ama orphans yalya musunga banabenu.
Stop pretendin naimwe kulatunta
nakferd
December 17, 2011 at 12:14 pm
Am catholic,but, a disspointed one.i at one moment had a chance to know the priests at a certain pastrol center because of their faulty computers.trust me,they even produce pornograph with their so called sisters.they omost assasinated my coleage because he intended to publish that video on internet.he even fled to south africa.so,there might be something more to that.watch out pipo
patriotic
December 17, 2011 at 12:26 pm
infact they just pretend. an a catholic these priests do go out with women in the church and the sisters. they would v done just like miliongo they shouldn’t pretend not to be having sex while we no what they do.
jerryman
December 17, 2011 at 1:16 pm
shame
Defend Your Faith
December 17, 2011 at 4:39 pm
The catholic faith is bigger than its ailling priests and members. That is why the Church has been able to stand for more than 2000 yrs despite many trials and temptations. These scandals are just one of the many trying moments the Catholic faith has endured. It shall continue to stand coz it built on the rock and Christ is its Head.
chileshe
December 17, 2011 at 4:51 pm
Take courage, dear friends.The insults that you have showered are part of the general sin and may stand against us at the end of time.No one in this world is without blame.Otherwise, if there is one, then there is no need for God’s salvation.Priesthood is a ministry instituted by Christ.You may hate the priest, but the ministry of priesthood will never die becoz of its’origin:the living Christ.Also, there are many priests who are spending their lives, in primary missions, exposed to all kinds of dangers, sickness and disease, sometimes without food and water.Only God knows these hidden people.Be careful in your words.You may find yourself fighting against God.
Ndiox
December 17, 2011 at 9:15 pm
One thing I know for sure is that the efficacy of the secrament of priesthood does not depend on the holiness of a priest but on the one who instituted it and made it holy. The sacrament was first instituted and sanctified holy by Jesus Christ. There are some priests (Charismatics) who are so given to working for God. It’s fallacious to say all priests are the same
P Jay
December 17, 2011 at 11:42 pm
Marrying is not the answer. It is someone’s mindset.I have read widely even here in Zambia where married pastors and those pastors who call themselves missionaries, leave their wives to go and abuse children. Do you remember that Opharnage by a certain protestant missionary that was closed by the government in Kitwe a couple of years ago? God calls people to serve him. Unfortunately some of them commit such attrocities that have injured the reputation of our Church.
We believe that the Church is holy although some of its members and ministers are not so the mistake of a few does not make the Church unholy. The devil is at work in all churches with no exception. Some pastors abuse children, some make counterfeit dollars, some are found with a cachet of guns (used by armed robbers)some are involved in satanism, some are into adultery. Some protestant churches are even ordaining homosexuals and even making them bishops, and so on. When such is reported by the media, it is reported as a by the way thing because these Churches are small but for the Catholic Church being the largest and first Christian Church in the world it is blown in big bold letters. Nothing wrong with that but a sin is a sin whether committed by Catholic priest or a pastor.
The Church is not sitting idle and many times our popes have openly talked about these things and taking steps to correct them. That is why when you talk of such things you mostely talk of a period of a century or so. I am sure the problen is greatly reduced now than it was before, say the 1950′s because something is being done. This problem will not be solved by allowing priets to marry because even married pastors leave their wives to commit similar attrocities.
The people who commit such whether they are Catholic priests or protestant pastors or even ordinary laypersons need our prayers for them to change.
opness
December 17, 2011 at 11:43 pm
brothers and sisters sin is sin these are out of normal cases marrying is not the solution is they need conversion to accept jesus to make them a new. Look at this world even marriaged pipo some are unfaithful what could be the solution.
opness
December 17, 2011 at 11:45 pm
how can some one molest a boy and you say solution is should marrying this sickness this prest doing this is sick need conselling.
**** the precious
December 18, 2011 at 8:04 am
Muleupa fye bafikala mulechusha ifi mabukala….
Leah
December 18, 2011 at 11:32 am
I dont believe in ending a long tradition just for the sake of a few ****** priests. I have met very good disciplined priests in Zambia and I say these still hold the Church together. If all priests were as useless as this artical portrays them, we wouldnt have those large masses of people going to church on sunday. People support ur priests they are protected by God. There human errors are nothing as according to the duty they have. I dont look at them as angels but as people like me who are prone to sin. Jesus said do not judge others but infact embrace those we term as sinners. I love Catholic Priests and I always pray for them that God will shade light on them in their daily life.
susu
December 18, 2011 at 5:34 pm
no doubt logic as a discipline should be introduced in high schools to avoid such kind of fallacious statements.”Some ophans u pretnd 2 luk afta are yo children we knw dat.en sme nuns hv bin mssng periods how?, obviously u do bang each other.”,”may god b with u en oso with u f***g prists. catholic priests hav diety secreats.dey hav kids en tend 2 b stret kids,dey ar de reson y mst mareges ar nt stbl. balitemwa ukunyenga bafik**** hhahh kuti na batukana! prists sucks same as zim prophets! y cnt u jst mary bavikalaa vaupuba! shame b wit u fukers.” it is so heartbreakin that pipo can make such kind of statements because i expect, in this present age and generation, people to make distinction between particular and general experiences and make not only sound bt valid judgements and not make haste judgments and condemn the ministry of priesthood.watch ur illogical reasoning for those who are condemin the order of priesthood.it is because of people like u, whose minds are saturated by idols of the mind that zambia is being rated as one of the least when it comes to the system of education because of such kind of illogical judgements.not all priests are envolved in such kind of immoral behavious.
Pimslim
December 18, 2011 at 8:26 pm
kwaya master are konda kudya nshaba, zika mukola ati vutisila bana
Meebelo Lubinda
December 19, 2011 at 2:31 pm
This has been going on for years. I wonder how many African Boys and Girls have been molested by these Men of God ever since they came to Africa. You can just imagine how some Africans look at the white man as God-so what chance has the little poor African Child has when this man of God tells them to bend over…They should be an African enquiry over the Catholic Church. What do you think guys?
Iam a Catholic and proud of it
December 19, 2011 at 3:49 pm
The sins of one man should not affect other prists who are called by God and working very well. I know in every church the devil has planted people to bring down the church but we shall not fall has long as Jesus is our foundation. Some of the Prists are agents of the devil being used in the name of being prists to decieve people and descourage people from praying, But i for one will never foresake my church. Jesus already told us to be aware of wolfs in sheeps’ cloths.So you people just be care on how you comment, because you may end up sinning by judging others.Even married people still cheat on their partners, so i for one dont see how prists getting married will solve this problem.
more catholic
November 15, 2012 at 8:59 pm
priesthood is a calling, the called priests have never been soiled, but those who force themselves on priesthood and do not have a personal relationship with God are the culprits. Go on those who are God ordained and follow the foot steps of Melchizedek(priest forever) Amen
h3nry
December 18, 2012 at 1:49 pm
PLZ JST GET MASRRIED TWAPAPATA..BY THE WAY WHO TOLD THESE PEOPLE THAT SCREWING IS A SIN..