Man beat children at Dutch farm to drive out bad spirits, court hears
(The Guardian Netherlands)

Gerrit Jan van D. allegedly used punishments including forcing son to live in doghouseA 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`. Continue reading...