Gerrit Jan van D. allegedly used punishments including forcing son to live in doghouse A man isolated six of his children in a remote Dutch farmhouse from birth and beat them to drive out "bad spirits", prosecutors have told a court. Gerrit Jan van D., 67, subjected his children, who were found on the farm in the village of Ruinerwold in October, to "very serious physical punishment" when he thought they had been made "unclean".
Man beat his children at Dutch farm 'to drive out evil spirits', court hears
The Guardian - 21 Jan 2020 17:06
Gerrit Jan van D. allegedly used punishments including forcing son to live in doghouse A man isolated six of his children in a remote Dutch farmhouse from birth and beat them to drive out "bad spirits", prosecutors have told a court. Gerrit Jan van D., 67, subjected his children, who were found on the farm in the village of Ruinerwold in October, to "very serious physical punishment" when he thought they had been made "unclean".
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