Child abuse
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Netherlands: Go your way
20 December 201139 De Volkskrant Amsterdam -
Belgium: Paedophilia report shakes Church
13 September 2010PresseuropLe Soir -
Internet: Delete, don’t block
30 March 201033 The Guardian London -
Paedophilia: European Church in need of redemption
10 March 2010472 El País Madrid -
Netherlands: Snitch on sexual tourists online
14 January 2010PresseuropDe Volkskrant
On 29 March, the EU proposed a directive to block websites that show images of child abuse. A pointless and counterproductive step, argues a civil liberties advocate in the Guardian. 
After a wave of similar revelations swept through the United States and Ireland, cases of past child abuse in the Roman Catholic Church and affiliated institutions are cropping up all over the continent. Following cautious and ultimately unsatisfactory reactions from the ecclesiastical top brass and the Vatican, national authorities have been compelled to take action.