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(Q1605243)

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Henk Heithuis

Victim of sexual abuse and forced castration by the Catholic Church in the Netherlands (1935-1958)

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sex or gender
male
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given name
Henk
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date of birth
1935
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date of death
25 October 1958
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occupation
sailor
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subject has role
plaintiff
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stated in
Tolerant Dutch Shocked by Accusations the Church Forced Castrations
reference URL
http://content.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2109795,00.html
quotation
The newspaper said 20-year-old Henk Heithuis had been surgically castrated on the instructions of Catholic priests in 1956 after he told police he was being abused at the Harreveld boarding school in Gelderland. Although the monks were convicted of the abuse, Heithuis was nonetheless sent to a Catholic psychiatric hospital and then castrated. (English)
reference URL
https://www.uni-muenster.de/NiederlandeNet/aktuelles/archiv/2012/maerz/0321missbrauch.shtml
sexual abuse victim
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reference URL
https://www.uni-muenster.de/NiederlandeNet/aktuelles/archiv/2012/maerz/0321missbrauch.shtml
stated in
Dutch Roman Catholic church 'castrated' boys in 1950s
reference URL
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-17453849
quotation
Henk Hethuis, a pupil at a Catholic boarding school, was 18 when he told police in 1956 he was being abused by a Dutch monk. He was castrated on the instructions of Catholic priests, NRC Handelsblad said, and told this would "cure" him of his homosexuality. (English)
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Henk Heithuis
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Freebase ID
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Prabook ID
2340737
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