The Dutch Parliament called for an investigation Tuesday of Catholic clerics who ordered the castration of young boys in the 1950s.  The Dutch newspaper NRC Handelsblad reported boys from a Catholic boarding school had been castrated.  An internal investigation was conducted by the Catholic Church, although the NRC Handelsblad report cast doubt on their recent findings.  (Isn't that kind of like asking the fox to guard the hen house?)

The Deetman Commission, set up by two Catholic factions, th...
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