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Victim of clergy sex abuse in the Netherlands castrated after complaining of abuse

By Stephen Castle

 |  International Herald Tribune  

  March 21, 2012

A young victim in the care of the Roman Catholic Church in the Netherlands was surgically castrated decades ago after complaining about sexual abuse, according to new evidence that only adds to the scandal engulfing the church. The case, which dates back to the 1950s, has increased pressure for a government-led inquiry into sexual abuse in the Dutch church amid suspicions that as many as 10 young men might have suffered the same fate.

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