‘Sectarian church to let children work in Terwolde’ – The guardian nigeria

TERWOLDE – sectarian community of faith Norwegian brothers put kids in with commercial work that makes money for the local church. This is in conflict with the working hours act. This writes the newspaper NRC today on the basis of his own research.

This happened among others in Terwolde. Also the agency of the Norwegian brethren in Teuge: DWN service is called research.

The Christian Congregation, the Netherlands (CGN), the Dutch branch of the brothers, enlisted under more and more children of twelve years in the folds of the millions of boxes and envelopes for the Postal code Lottery. Teenagers of 16 and 17 years worked after school until one o’clock at night at, for example, Hema-affiliates, while they for the law after eleven o’clock in the evening. Inspectorate, formerly the labour Inspectorate, suggests a study.

CGN late this afternoon to know that any form of child labour rejects. ,,But where people are active, unfortunately, I also made mistakes. So also with us and the NRC, some of which in the course of the years have been documented.” The faith community says the investigation of the inspection to be ‘very much’.

Agency
The Norwegian Brothers and their children work through their own companies – the employment agencies DWN Service and Projectservice Netherlands. The temporary agency workers who are for the agencies to work are volunteers. They received no salary so that their employer also does not pay income taxes owed, according to the vision of the Norwegian Brothers.

The religious community, the past few months, more frequently negative in the news. In march of this year, it was announced that Apeldoorner Jonathan van der L., a former director of DWN Service, 8 million euro would have been hidden Hippo Mundo Charity, a foundation in Apeldoorn, which is controlled by members of the Norwegian Brothers. The Public Prosecutor’s office suspects the former director of fraud, embezzlement and money laundering.

Van der L. – who as a young man for some time was employed at the Fiscal Intelligence and Investigation – had great financial talents. He got within the orthodox christian world in various administrative and advisory functions assigned. Van der L. let by February 1 unregister as a director of Hippo Mundo Charity and the other to Norwegian Brothers affiliates. According to his lawyer would Of of L. to make have had with threat and extortion within the Norwegian Brethren.

The information that the FIOD seized in the investigation of Van der L. is in the possession of the NRC and contained instructions for the violations of the working time.

Resignation
The Christian Church of the Netherlands made last Wednesday announced that the leading brother Jan-Hein Staal all its administrative tasks down. A spokesman for the sect denies that this has anything to do with the questions of the NRC. Steel remains the predecessor to the CGN.

The Norwegian brethren, a sect according to critics and ex-members, consider themselves the only true christians. In the Netherlands they are estimated with 2000 people spread out in eleven christian communities, especially in the north, middle and west of the Netherlands.