The findings of the Deetman commission on the sexual abuse of minors within the Catholic church are shaming and shocking, bishops said on Friday.

In a statement, Catholic bishops and officials united in the Conference of Dutch religious orders, said they are ‘shocked’ by the findings of the committee and ‘filled with shame and sorrow’.
‘The perpetrators are not the only ones to blame. Church authorities who did not act correctly… share this blame,’ the statement said.
In the future, the church will take ‘all measures provided for under church and civil law when there is any suspicion of sexual abuse’ and the public prosecutor will be notified, the statement said.
An English-language reaction can be downloaded here