Meisjes van de Goede Herder — Season 1, Episode 3: Een wereldwijde roeping
Documentary • 49 min • 1 season, 4 episodes
Episode synopsis
During the investigation, Joke discovers that the cemetery at the monastery in Zoeterwoude has been cleared by soldiers. They made a remarkable discovery at the time, which almost no one knows about. Canadian professor Rie Croll is coming to the Netherlands. She wants to demonstrate the connection between abuses in Good Shepherd monasteries worldwide. The shadows of the past still weigh heavily on the minds of the women, the current leadership of the congregation and the few nuns who are still alive. Emotional scenes take place in the courtroom.
About Meisjes van de Goede Herder
From 1860 to 1978, twenty thousand girls with difficult childhoods were cared for in five homes in the Netherlands, the Monasteries of the Good Shepherd. Britta Hosman travels with Lies Vissers, Joke de Smit and R. Riet to the city and country to reconstruct what they and everyone else experienced during their youth.