Catholic Church to allow independent Dutch child sex abuse investigation

The Catholic Church is allowing the foundation behind the hotline for child abuse in the church to investigate all cases of sexual abuse that were handled and financially settled in secret. The hotline hopes that these documents will provide supporting evidence for victims who don’t have enough in the official complaints procedure, NRC reports.
About 250 victims have an authentic story, but lack evidence for their complaint, according to the hotline.  The head of the hotline will be given copies of the documents relating to secret mediation and settlements. They will be inspected for supporting evidence and then destroyed.

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