Seksueel Misbruik van Minderjarigen in de Rooms-Katholieke Kerk
The Sexual Abuse of Minors within the Roman Catholic Church

By Wim Deetman, Nel Draijer, Pieter Kalbfleisch, Harald Merckelbach, Marit Monteiro, Gerard de Vries, and other contributors
Onderzoekscommissie seksueel misbruik van minderjarigen binnen de Rooms Katholieke Kerk
Research Commission on the Sexual Abuse of Minors within the Roman Catholic Church
December 16, 2011

Uitgebreide Versie (Extended Version)
• Volume 1: Research [7 megabyte PDF]
• Volume 2: Background Studies and Essays [3.6 megabyte PDF]

• Summary
• Summary: English Translation

Below is a rough English translation of the table of contents for the two volumes.

Volume 1: Research  View PDF

Foreword    7

1 Introduction    13

2 In a nutshell: developments in the Netherlands and the Dutch Roman Catholic Church: 1945-2010    33

3 Nature and extent of sexual abuse of minors in the Roman Catholic Church of the Netherlands    52

4 Abuse and administrative attention    80

5 The dioceses    200

6 Orders and Congregations    286

7 The victims    428

8 Findings and recommendations    503

Appendix A

    Proposal for Investigation of Sexual Abuse in the Roman Catholic Church in the period from 1945 to the present    529

    Offer letter    546

    Methodological justification for empirical study    549

    Methodological justification for archive account    581

Appendix B

    Concise glossary    657

    Composition of the Committee of Inquiry    662

    Archive Attachments    665

    Notes     797

    Register    855

Volume 2: Background Studies and Essays  View PDF

1 The Dutch Roman Catholics in a time of transition: Calm amid the turbulence   9
Professor D.J.F. Bosscher

2 Discretion and expertise: An exploration of the role of Roman Catholic psychiatrists in the administrative approach and handling of sexual abuse of minors (1945-1970)   43
Professor M.E. Monteiro

3 Sliding Panels: A study on secular and ecclesiastical developments related to sexual abuse of minors within the Roman Catholic Church conference (1945-2010)   87
Dr. R.S.B. Kool

4 The 'Woodstock-defense "and sexual abuse of minors in the Dutch conference of the Roman Catholic Church   149
Dr. H.P.M. Kreemers

5 Giant with feet of clay: The pillar of Catholic education from 1950 to 1980   156
Drs. W.A.W. van Walstijn

6 Maintaining the morality of the teacher in recent legal history: Research commissioned by the committee of investigation into sexual abuse of minors in the Roman Catholic Church   175
Dr. C.W. Noorlander and Professor P.J.J. Zoontjens

7 The surge in reporting: A background study reports on the surge in reporting from February 2010 on sexual abuse within the Roman Catholic Church and the role of the media   192
Dr. M.K. Houppermans

8 Sexual abuse of minors and canon law   218
Professor K. Ludick

9 Celibacy in the Catholic Church in the Netherlands   228
Dr. A.M.H. Bisschops

10 The consequences of sexual abuse of minors: Benefit of the committee of investigation into sexual abuse of minors in the Roman Catholic Church   241
Drs. N.J. Nicolaï

11 To downplay their skills: Diagnostics and assistance after sexual abuse from 1945   260
Drs. I. van Beek, Dr. M. Naezer and Dr. W. Schakenraad

12 Between moralizing and scientific evidence : Developments in diagnosing and treating sex offenders (1945-present)   277
Drs. N. van Oosten, Drs. B. Serkei and Drs. K. Hopstaken

Literature on the sexual abuse of minors within the Catholic Church   297
Dr. W. Langland