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Dutch Catholic Church castrated boys to 'cure' them of homosexuality

Started by Too Few Lions, March 21, 2012, 11:36:27 AM

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Too Few Lions

March 21, 2012, 11:36:27 AM
well, it's not quite current events because it happened in the 1950s, but it seems like the news about this shocking story has finally broken. Apparently the Dutch Catholic Church castrated young boys in their care in the 1950s to 'cure' them of homosexuality. With at least one of the schoolboys, he was apparently castrated after reporting he was abused by a priest  >:( unbelievable.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17453849

QuoteUp to 11 boys were castrated while in the care of the Dutch Roman Catholic church in the 1950s to rid them of homosexuality, a newspaper investigation has said.

A young man was castrated in 1956 after telling police he was being abused by priests, the newspaper reported.

Tank

#1
March 21, 2012, 11:41:44 AM
My vocabulary is insufficient to convey my disgust at this sort of behaviour.
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The Magic Pudding

#2
March 21, 2012, 11:49:18 AM
Did it work?

Sweetdeath

#3
March 21, 2012, 05:15:15 PM
But the catholic church are so sacred and holy. =___=
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Homer:"No! Faith is what you have in things that don't exist. Your awesomeness is real."

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Asmodean

#4
March 21, 2012, 07:56:24 PM
Yes, well... Makes one wonder how people seventy years from now will view the events of today, eh..?
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Sweetdeath

#5
March 21, 2012, 09:18:35 PM
Quote from: Asmodean on March 21, 2012, 07:56:24 PM
Yes, well... Makes one wonder how people seventy years from now will view the events of today, eh..?

Yeah :(
Law 35- "You got to go with what works." - Robin Lefler

Wiggum:"You have that much faith in me, Homer?"
Homer:"No! Faith is what you have in things that don't exist. Your awesomeness is real."

"I was thinking that perhaps this thing called God does not exist. Because He cannot save any one of us. No matter how we pray, He doesn't mend our wounds.

Guardian85

#6
March 21, 2012, 09:36:48 PM
I want to make an epic comment to display my disgust with this action, but I, a man from a northern norwegian fishing town, have no words sufficiently forceful to convey such anger....


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Augustus

#7
March 23, 2012, 05:54:45 PM
Quote from: Too Few Lions on March 21, 2012, 11:36:27 AM
With at least one of the schoolboys, he was apparently castrated after reporting he was abused by a priest

I'm happy with the time we live in, nowadays the poor kid would be believed instead of castrated. Where even is the logic in that? They assumed he was gay because he said a priest abused him?

Firebird

#8
March 23, 2012, 09:20:51 PM
Wow...is there any organization more inhumane than the Catholic Church? Not many. Disgusting.
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DeterminedJuliet

#9
March 23, 2012, 09:47:21 PM
the fuck?
"We've thought of life by analogy with a journey, with pilgrimage which had a serious purpose at the end, and the THING was to get to that end; success, or whatever it is, or maybe heaven after you're dead. But, we missed the point the whole way along; It was a musical thing and you were supposed to sing, or dance, while the music was being played.

Asmodean

#10
March 23, 2012, 10:13:51 PM
Quote from: DeterminedJuliet on March 23, 2012, 09:47:21 PM
the fuck?
Apparently, the lack thereof...  ???
Quote from: Ecurb Noselrub on July 25, 2013, 08:18:52 PM
In Asmo's grey lump,
wrath and dark clouds gather force.
Luxembourg trembles.

Tank

#11
March 23, 2012, 10:17:34 PM
If religions were TV channels atheism is turning the TV off.
"Religion is a culture of faith; science is a culture of doubt." ― Richard P. Feynman
'It is said that your life flashes before your eyes just before you die. That is true, it's called Life.' - Terry Pratchett
Remember, your inability to grasp science is not a valid argument against it.

Velma

#12
March 24, 2012, 04:10:31 AM
Just when you think your opinion of the Catholic Church can't get any lower... 
Life is but a momentary glimpse of the wonder of the astonishing universe, and it is sad to see so many dreaming it away on spiritual fantasy.~Carl Sagan

Dobermonster

#13
April 12, 2012, 05:40:02 PM
Shocking, but not surprising. Does that make sense? The scope of this problem within the Catholic Church becomes a little more real when you read that "tens of thousands" of boys have been abused by priests in some way . . . and that's just in one little European country. doG only knows what the real global figure is. Hundreds of thousands? Millions? Just another religious organization more concerned with image than with truth and justice.

markmcdaniel

#14
May 23, 2012, 12:21:56 PM
Quote from: Dobermonster on April 12, 2012, 05:40:02 PM
Shocking, but not surprising. Does that make sense? The scope of this problem within the Catholic Church becomes a little more real when you read that "tens of thousands" of boys have been abused by priests in some way . . . and that's just in one little European country. doG only knows what the real global figure is. Hundreds of thousands? Millions? Just another religious organization more concerned with image than with truth and justice.
Not surprising at all. While I have not been able to track down good statistics on abuse in the United States what numbers I have seen indicate over 10,000 accusations of abuse. Amusing that this type of Rape is as under reported as other types of rape are thought to be than we may be looking at over 100,000 victims. Possibly much higher.
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