The Catholic Church has been taking a lot of hits in many different countries, and the Netherlands is no exception. Radio Netherlands WorldWide reports that a 51-year-old man, Mark Klabbers, was sexually abused as a youngster growing up in the Dutch town of Nijmegen.
Klabbers claims that the incidents took place after class during tutoring sessions, and admits that it took a couple years before reporting it. However, to Klabbers' surprise, the church offered 8,000 euros in exchange for his silence.
According to the story, Klabbers believes that he is not the only victim, and claims that he knows of at least 10 other victims of the same priest. All of this took place in the 1970's, and the name of the priest is not mentioned in the story. However, with Catholicism being a main religion to the Dutch people, it is easy to see the importance of this information being presented to the public.
(Picture: The Dom Tower part of the Cathedral of Saint Martin, in Utrecht)
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