![]() ![]() The mostly case-related approach yielded detailed but often heterogeneous findings that would benefit from further analysis of the structural dimensions of abuse in Catholic institutions. Upon the publication of the substantial commission report doubts were expressed concerning the significance of the investigation for the victims. Historical research was met with suspicion by victims on account of the question of ownership in the interpretation of this painful part of the past. ![]() This turn influenced the frameworks of the historical part of the investigation. ![]() This article addresses the question of why (mostly) time-barred cases of such abuse became a current concern, considering the ethical turn in collective memory. Between August 2010 and December 2011, this investigation was carried out by a multidisciplinary research commission of which the present author was a member. In March 2010 the Bishops’ Conference of the Netherlands and the Conference of Dutch Religious commissioned an investigation of the allegations of sexual abuse of minors in Catholic context (1945-2010). ![]()
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