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.
My vocabulary is insufficient to convey my disgust at this sort of behaviour.
Did it work?
But the catholic church are so sacred and holy. =___=
Yes, well... Makes one wonder how people seventy years from now will view the events of today, eh..?
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 :(
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....
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?
Wow...is there any organization more inhumane than the Catholic Church? Not many. Disgusting.
the fuck?
Quote from: Asmodean on March 23, 2012, 10:13:51 PM
Quote from: DeterminedJuliet on March 23, 2012, 09:47:21 PM
the fuck?
Apparently, the lack thereof... ???
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Just when you think your opinion of the Catholic Church can't get any lower...
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.
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.
Oops.