Ad van den Berg - Revision history

Jim Burton at 09:09, 15 April 2026

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	===According to [[Thomas O'Carroll]]===		===According to [[Thomas O'Carroll]]===

	~~[[File:Ad van den Berg.png\|thumb\|right\|225px\|alt=Ad van den Berg during a TV interview\|As a Martijn member in the 1990s]]~~ <blockquote>Ad van den Berg, at 78 an old warrior of my own generation, was president of MARTIJN, and active in the group from its earliest days after it was founded in 1982. His formative years, like mine, were in the sexual revolution of the 60s and 70s, when freedom was in the air and – definitely like me until recent years – he does not appear to have been very inhibited by the [[Age of Consent]] laws, having been convicted in 1987 for a relationship (which he said was platonic) with an 11-year-old boy, and also a child pornography offence in 2010. It is now alleged that illegal images were also found in this latest raid, and my understanding is that this will not be contested.<ref>[https://heretictoc.com/2020/05/24/hanging-in-there-in-hengelo-hotspot/ HTOC: Hanging in there, Hengelo Hotspot]</ref></blockquote>		<blockquote>Ad van den Berg, at 78 an old warrior of my own generation, was president of MARTIJN, and active in the group from its earliest days after it was founded in 1982. His formative years, like mine, were in the sexual revolution of the 60s and 70s, when freedom was in the air and – definitely like me until recent years – he does not appear to have been very inhibited by the [[Age of Consent]] laws, having been convicted in 1987 for a relationship (which he said was platonic) with an 11-year-old boy, and also a child pornography offence in 2010. It is now alleged that illegal images were also found in this latest raid, and my understanding is that this will not be contested.<ref>[https://heretictoc.com/2020/05/24/hanging-in-there-in-hengelo-hotspot/ HTOC: Hanging in there, Hengelo Hotspot]</ref></blockquote>

	==Historical legal issues==		==Historical legal issues==

			[[File:Ad van den Berg.png\|thumb\|left\|225px\|alt=Ad van den Berg during a TV interview\|As a Martijn member in the 1990s]]

	Van den Berg has in the past been handed a suspended sentence for a relationship with an 11 year old boy, who was manipulated into "confessing" after being indoctrinated with myths about AIDS and homosexuality.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20171019163808/https://www.pnvd.nl/boete_Ad.jpg Web Archive: Ad van Den Berg - PNVD]</ref> In 2006, threats were made by vigilantes at his former holiday address in the municipality of Westvoorne. He has also been convicted twice for possession of images of children.<ref>[https://uitspraken.rechtspraak.nl/inziendocument?id=ECLI:NL:GHAMS:2013:3192 2012/13 CP Conviction]</ref><ref>[https://uitspraken.rechtspraak.nl/inziendocument?id=ECLI:NL:RBROT:2020:10242 2020/21 CP Conviction]</ref>		Van den Berg has in the past been handed a suspended sentence for a relationship with an 11 year old boy, who was manipulated into "confessing" after being indoctrinated with myths about AIDS and homosexuality.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20171019163808/https://www.pnvd.nl/boete_Ad.jpg Web Archive: Ad van Den Berg - PNVD]</ref> In 2006, threats were made by vigilantes at his former holiday address in the municipality of Westvoorne. He has also been convicted twice for possession of images of children.<ref>[https://uitspraken.rechtspraak.nl/inziendocument?id=ECLI:NL:GHAMS:2013:3192 2012/13 CP Conviction]</ref><ref>[https://uitspraken.rechtspraak.nl/inziendocument?id=ECLI:NL:RBROT:2020:10242 2020/21 CP Conviction]</ref>
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	==2021 prosecution==		==2021 prosecution==

	~~[[File:Advan2.png\|thumb\|Ad van den Berg]]~~
	In March 2021, [[Marthijn Uittenbogaard]] announced that he, van den Berg, [[Norbert de Jonge]] and [[Nelson Maatman]] were being prosecuted for allegedly participating in a criminal organisation. The evidence offered by the prosecution was spurious, alleging that [[MAP visibility on Twitter\|Twitter]] comments and the maintenance of an academic website constituted the continuation of an organisation deemed 'criminal' under a highly controversial Dutch law.<ref>https://marthijn.nl/p/218</ref> Along with Maatman, Van den Berg did not end up being sentenced to prison. His colleagues were less lucky, fleeing to South America in the ensuing chaos detailed in Maatman's article. He repeatedly vowed to assist his colleagues and stated that his group would start legal action against [[Free A Girl]] Foundation following media misrepresentations.		In March 2021, [[Marthijn Uittenbogaard]] announced that he, van den Berg, [[Norbert de Jonge]] and [[Nelson Maatman]] were being prosecuted for allegedly participating in a criminal organisation. The evidence offered by the prosecution was spurious, alleging that [[MAP visibility on Twitter\|Twitter]] comments and the maintenance of an academic website constituted the continuation of an organisation deemed 'criminal' under a highly controversial Dutch law.<ref>https://marthijn.nl/p/218</ref> Along with Maatman, Van den Berg did not end up being sentenced to prison. His colleagues were less lucky, fleeing to South America in the ensuing chaos detailed in Maatman's article. He repeatedly vowed to assist his colleagues and stated that his group would start legal action against [[Free A Girl]] Foundation following media misrepresentations.

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	==Videos==		==Videos==

			[[File:Advan2.png\|thumb\|Ad van den Berg]]

	*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27Im3-_A64Q Interview with a sexologist (in Dutch, on Belgian TV)] - Video in which he appears to share a glass of wine and lighthearted banter with a female journalist (Dutch).		*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27Im3-_A64Q Interview with a sexologist (in Dutch, on Belgian TV)] - Video in which he appears to share a glass of wine and lighthearted banter with a female journalist (Dutch).
	:*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-5XXnEihl8&t=32s Subsequent interview] - This led to the sexologist's sacking. Towards the end, she reveals a copy of [[Tiger, Tiger: A Memoir]], so it must have gotten deep.		:*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-5XXnEihl8&t=32s Subsequent interview] - This led to the sexologist's sacking. Towards the end, she reveals a copy of [[Tiger, Tiger: A Memoir]], so it must have gotten deep.
	*[https://fstube.net/w/~~uSpeDmXvL6uoDgK444v7o5~~ Interview with Prof Hoko Horii (in English)] - Video interview with [[Hoko Horii]] about scientific research into consensual sex contacts. Previously available at '''freespeechtube.org/v/166x'''.		*[https://fstube.net/w/2bTVPqFo8Cg3sK45XsLzJv Interview with Prof Hoko Horii (in English)] - Video interview with [[Hoko Horii]] about scientific research into consensual sex contacts. Previously available at '''freespeechtube.org/v/166x'''.

	==External links==		==External links==

Bookworm at 07:05, 15 May 2025

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	===According to [[Thomas O'Carroll]]===		===According to [[Thomas O'Carroll]]===

	<blockquote>Ad van den Berg, at 78 an old warrior of my own generation, was president of MARTIJN, and active in the group from its earliest days after it was founded in 1982. His formative years, like mine, were in the sexual revolution of the 60s and 70s, when freedom was in the air and – definitely like me until recent years – he does not appear to have been very inhibited by the [[Age of Consent]] laws, having been convicted in 1987 for a relationship (which he said was platonic) with an 11-year-old boy, and also a child pornography offence in 2010. It is now alleged that illegal images were also found in this latest raid, and my understanding is that this will not be contested.<ref>[https://heretictoc.com/2020/05/24/hanging-in-there-in-hengelo-hotspot/ HTOC: Hanging in there, Hengelo Hotspot]</ref></blockquote>		[[File:Ad van den Berg.png\|thumb\|right\|225px\|alt=Ad van den Berg during a TV interview\|As a Martijn member in the 1990s]] <blockquote>Ad van den Berg, at 78 an old warrior of my own generation, was president of MARTIJN, and active in the group from its earliest days after it was founded in 1982. His formative years, like mine, were in the sexual revolution of the 60s and 70s, when freedom was in the air and – definitely like me until recent years – he does not appear to have been very inhibited by the [[Age of Consent]] laws, having been convicted in 1987 for a relationship (which he said was platonic) with an 11-year-old boy, and also a child pornography offence in 2010. It is now alleged that illegal images were also found in this latest raid, and my understanding is that this will not be contested.<ref>[https://heretictoc.com/2020/05/24/hanging-in-there-in-hengelo-hotspot/ HTOC: Hanging in there, Hengelo Hotspot]</ref></blockquote>

	==Historical legal issues==		==Historical legal issues==

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	*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27Im3-_A64Q Interview with a sexologist (in Dutch, on Belgian TV)] - Video in which he appears to share a glass of wine and lighthearted banter with a female journalist (Dutch).		*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27Im3-_A64Q Interview with a sexologist (in Dutch, on Belgian TV)] - Video in which he appears to share a glass of wine and lighthearted banter with a female journalist (Dutch).
	:*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-5XXnEihl8&t=32s Subsequent interview] - This led to the sexologist's sacking. Towards the end, she reveals a copy of [[Tiger, Tiger: A Memoir]], so it must have gotten deep.		:*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-5XXnEihl8&t=32s Subsequent interview] - This led to the sexologist's sacking. Towards the end, she reveals a copy of [[Tiger, Tiger: A Memoir]], so it must have gotten deep.
	*[https://fstube.net/w/uSpeDmXvL6uoDgK444v7o5 Interview with Prof Hoko Horii (in English)] - Video interview with [[Hoko Horii]] about scientific research into consensual sex contacts.		*[https://fstube.net/w/uSpeDmXvL6uoDgK444v7o5 Interview with Prof Hoko Horii (in English)] - Video interview with [[Hoko Horii]] about scientific research into consensual sex contacts. Previously available at '''freespeechtube.org/v/166x'''.

	==External links==		==External links==

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Videos

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	:*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-5XXnEihl8&t=32s Subsequent interview] - This led to the sexologist's sacking. Towards the end, she reveals a copy of [[Tiger, Tiger: A Memoir]], so it must have gotten deep.		:*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-5XXnEihl8&t=32s Subsequent interview] - This led to the sexologist's sacking. Towards the end, she reveals a copy of [[Tiger, Tiger: A Memoir]], so it must have gotten deep.
	*[https://fstube.net/w/uSpeDmXvL6uoDgK444v7o5 Interview with Prof Hoko Horii (in English)] - Video interview with [[Hoko Horii]] about scientific research into consensual sex contacts.		*[https://fstube.net/w/uSpeDmXvL6uoDgK444v7o5 Interview with Prof Hoko Horii (in English)] - Video interview with [[Hoko Horii]] about scientific research into consensual sex contacts.
	*'''freespeechtube.org/v/166x''' (Now deleted and erased from Web Archive) Was a Video Interveiew in English. May be made available by archivists at a future date.

	==External links==		==External links==

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2025-04-22T02:36:28Z

According to Thomas O'Carroll

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	===According to [[Thomas O'Carroll]]===		===According to [[Thomas O'Carroll]]===

	<blockquote>''Ad van den Berg, at 78 an old warrior of my own generation, was president of MARTIJN, and active in the group from its earliest days after it was founded in 1982. His formative years, like mine, were in the sexual revolution of the 60s and 70s, when freedom was in the air and – definitely like me until recent years – he does not appear to have been very inhibited by the [[Age of Consent]] laws, having been convicted in 1987 for a relationship (which he said was platonic) with an 11-year-old boy, and also a child pornography offence in 2010. It is now alleged that illegal images were also found in this latest raid, and my understanding is that this will not be contested.''<ref>[https://heretictoc.com/2020/05/24/hanging-in-there-in-hengelo-hotspot/ HTOC: Hanging in there, Hengelo Hotspot]</ref></blockquote>		<blockquote>Ad van den Berg, at 78 an old warrior of my own generation, was president of MARTIJN, and active in the group from its earliest days after it was founded in 1982. His formative years, like mine, were in the sexual revolution of the 60s and 70s, when freedom was in the air and – definitely like me until recent years – he does not appear to have been very inhibited by the [[Age of Consent]] laws, having been convicted in 1987 for a relationship (which he said was platonic) with an 11-year-old boy, and also a child pornography offence in 2010. It is now alleged that illegal images were also found in this latest raid, and my understanding is that this will not be contested.<ref>[https://heretictoc.com/2020/05/24/hanging-in-there-in-hengelo-hotspot/ HTOC: Hanging in there, Hengelo Hotspot]</ref></blockquote>

	==Historical legal issues==		==Historical legal issues==

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Videos

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	*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27Im3-_A64Q Interview with a sexologist (in Dutch, on Belgian TV)] - Video in which he appears to share a glass of wine and lighthearted banter with a female journalist (Dutch).		*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27Im3-_A64Q Interview with a sexologist (in Dutch, on Belgian TV)] - Video in which he appears to share a glass of wine and lighthearted banter with a female journalist (Dutch).
	:*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-5XXnEihl8&t=32s Subsequent interview] - This led to the sexologist's sacking. Towards the end, she reveals a copy of [[Tiger, Tiger: A Memoir]], so it must have gotten deep.		:*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-5XXnEihl8&t=32s Subsequent interview] - This led to the sexologist's sacking. Towards the end, she reveals a copy of [[Tiger, Tiger: A Memoir]], so it must have gotten deep.
			*[https://fstube.net/w/uSpeDmXvL6uoDgK444v7o5 Interview with Prof Hoko Horii (in English)] - Video interview with [[Hoko Horii]] about scientific research into consensual sex contacts.
	*'''freespeechtube.org/v/166x''' (Now deleted and erased from Web Archive) Was a Video Interveiew in English. May be made available by archivists at a future date.		*'''freespeechtube.org/v/166x''' (Now deleted and erased from Web Archive) Was a Video Interveiew in English. May be made available by archivists at a future date.

The Admins at 22:14, 9 January 2025

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	[[File:Advan2.png\|thumb\|Ad van den Berg]]		[[File:Advan2.png\|thumb\|Ad van den Berg]]
	In March 2021, [[Marthijn Uittenbogaard]] announced that he, van den Berg, [[Norbert de Jonge]] and [[Nelson Maatman]] were being prosecuted for allegedly participating in a criminal organisation. The evidence offered by the prosecution was spurious, alleging that [[MAP visibility on Twitter\|Twitter]] comments and the maintenance of an academic website constituted the continuation of an organisation deemed 'criminal' under a highly controversial Dutch law.<ref>https://marthijn.nl/p/218</ref> ~~Like~~ Maatman, Van den Berg did not end up being sentenced to prison ~~like his~~ colleagues were in ~~this political trial, and he avoided~~ the ensuing chaos as detailed in Maatman's article. He repeatedly vowed to assist his colleagues and stated that his group would start legal action against [[Free A Girl]] Foundation following media misrepresentations.		In March 2021, [[Marthijn Uittenbogaard]] announced that he, van den Berg, [[Norbert de Jonge]] and [[Nelson Maatman]] were being prosecuted for allegedly participating in a criminal organisation. The evidence offered by the prosecution was spurious, alleging that [[MAP visibility on Twitter\|Twitter]] comments and the maintenance of an academic website constituted the continuation of an organisation deemed 'criminal' under a highly controversial Dutch law.<ref>https://marthijn.nl/p/218</ref> Along with Maatman, Van den Berg did not end up being sentenced to prison. His colleagues were less lucky, fleeing to South America in the ensuing chaos detailed in Maatman's article. He repeatedly vowed to assist his colleagues and stated that his group would start legal action against [[Free A Girl]] Foundation following media misrepresentations.

			By 2023, his health had deteriorated and he died within two days of his last online communications.

	==Videos==		==Videos==

The Admins at 11:48, 22 November 2023

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	__NOTOC__[[Image:Berg.JPG\|thumb\|350px\|Ad van den Berg]]'''Ad van den Berg''' (18 March 1944 - 01 Feb 2023)<ref>~~[https://www.~~freespeechtube.org/v/19l2 ~~FST notice of death]~~</ref><ref>[https://www.ad.nl/haarlem/voormalig-pedofielenleider-ad-van-den-berg-overleden-na-langdurige-ziekte~aae5939e/ Ad.nl Nieuws on passing]</ref><ref>[https://www.nhnieuws.nl/nieuws/314291/pedo-voorvechter-ad-van-den-berg-overleden NH Nieuws - on passing]</ref> was a veteran 1st-wave [[Minor Attracted Person\|MAP]] Activist, former treasurer of the [[PNVD]] and former leader of [[MARTIJN]]. He assisted with the PNVD, after it was reformed in 2020, but it was dissolved after a lawsuit against its founders and subsequent events involving their expatriation to South America.		__NOTOC__[[Image:Berg.JPG\|thumb\|350px\|Ad van den Berg]]'''Ad van den Berg''' (18 March 1944 - 01 Feb 2023)<ref>Notice of Death on old FST, now unavailable at '''freespeechtube.org/v/19l2''' with no archives</ref><ref>[https://www.ad.nl/haarlem/voormalig-pedofielenleider-ad-van-den-berg-overleden-na-langdurige-ziekte~aae5939e/ Ad.nl Nieuws on passing]</ref><ref>[https://www.nhnieuws.nl/nieuws/314291/pedo-voorvechter-ad-van-den-berg-overleden NH Nieuws - on passing]</ref> was a veteran 1st-wave [[Minor Attracted Person\|MAP]] Activist, former treasurer of the [[PNVD]] and former leader of [[MARTIJN]]. He assisted with the PNVD, after it was reformed in 2020, but it was dissolved after a lawsuit against its founders and subsequent events involving their expatriation to South America.

	Van den Berg was a minor TV personality in the Netherlands, having taken part in various documentaries and been pursued on film by [[Vigilantism\|vigilantes]]. He caused a stir on 31 May 2006 after he explained to the cameras of NOVA (current affairs program) what his newly founded party stood for, and also described his [[pedophilia]].		Van den Berg was a minor TV personality in the Netherlands, having taken part in various documentaries and been pursued on film by [[Vigilantism\|vigilantes]]. He caused a stir on 31 May 2006 after he explained to the cameras of NOVA (current affairs program) what his newly founded party stood for, and also described his [[pedophilia]].
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	*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27Im3-_A64Q Interview with a sexologist (in Dutch, on Belgian TV)] - Video in which he appears to share a glass of wine and lighthearted banter with a female journalist (Dutch).		*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27Im3-_A64Q Interview with a sexologist (in Dutch, on Belgian TV)] - Video in which he appears to share a glass of wine and lighthearted banter with a female journalist (Dutch).
	:*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-5XXnEihl8&t=32s Subsequent interview] - This led to the sexologist's sacking. Towards the end, she reveals a copy of [[Tiger, Tiger: A Memoir]], so it must have gotten deep.		:*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-5XXnEihl8&t=32s Subsequent interview] - This led to the sexologist's sacking. Towards the end, she reveals a copy of [[Tiger, Tiger: A Memoir]], so it must have gotten deep.
	*~~[https://www.~~freespeechtube.org/v/166x Video Interveiew~~] -~~ in English		*'''freespeechtube.org/v/166x''' (Now deleted and erased from Web Archive) Was a Video Interveiew in English. May be made available by archivists at a future date.

	==External links==		==External links==

The Admins: /* 2021 prosecution */

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2021 prosecution

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	[[File:Advan2.png\|thumb\|Ad van den Berg]]		[[File:Advan2.png\|thumb\|Ad van den Berg]]
	In March 2021, [[Marthijn Uittenbogaard]] announced that he, van den Berg, [[Norbert de Jonge]] and [[Nelson Maatman]] were being prosecuted for allegedly participating in a criminal organisation. The evidence offered by the prosecution was spurious, alleging that [[MAP visibility on Twitter\|Twitter]] comments and the maintenance of an academic website constituted the continuation of an organisation deemed 'criminal' under a highly controversial Dutch law.<ref>https://marthijn.nl/p/218</ref> Van den Berg did not end up being sentenced to prison like his colleagues were in this political trial, and he avoided the ensuing chaos as detailed in Maatman's article. He repeatedly vowed to assist his colleagues and stated that his group would start legal action against [[Free A Girl]] Foundation following media misrepresentations.		In March 2021, [[Marthijn Uittenbogaard]] announced that he, van den Berg, [[Norbert de Jonge]] and [[Nelson Maatman]] were being prosecuted for allegedly participating in a criminal organisation. The evidence offered by the prosecution was spurious, alleging that [[MAP visibility on Twitter\|Twitter]] comments and the maintenance of an academic website constituted the continuation of an organisation deemed 'criminal' under a highly controversial Dutch law.<ref>https://marthijn.nl/p/218</ref> Like Maatman, Van den Berg did not end up being sentenced to prison like his colleagues were in this political trial, and he avoided the ensuing chaos as detailed in Maatman's article. He repeatedly vowed to assist his colleagues and stated that his group would start legal action against [[Free A Girl]] Foundation following media misrepresentations.

	==Videos==		==Videos==

The Admins at 14:20, 15 March 2023

2023-03-15T14:20:42Z

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	===According to [[Thomas O'Carroll]]===		===According to [[Thomas O'Carroll]]===

	<blockquote>''Ad van den Berg, at 78 an old warrior of my own generation, was president of MARTIJN, and active in the group from its earliest days after it was founded in 1982. His formative years, like mine, were in the sexual revolution of the 60s and 70s, when freedom was in the air and – definitely like me until recent years – he does not appear to have been very inhibited by the ~~age~~ of ~~consent~~ laws, having been convicted in 1987 for a relationship (which he said was platonic) with an 11-year-old boy, and also a child pornography offence in 2010. It is now alleged that illegal images were also found in this latest raid, and my understanding is that this will not be contested.''<ref>[https://heretictoc.com/2020/05/24/hanging-in-there-in-hengelo-hotspot/ HTOC: Hanging in there, Hengelo Hotspot]</ref></blockquote>		<blockquote>''Ad van den Berg, at 78 an old warrior of my own generation, was president of MARTIJN, and active in the group from its earliest days after it was founded in 1982. His formative years, like mine, were in the sexual revolution of the 60s and 70s, when freedom was in the air and – definitely like me until recent years – he does not appear to have been very inhibited by the [[Age of Consent]] laws, having been convicted in 1987 for a relationship (which he said was platonic) with an 11-year-old boy, and also a child pornography offence in 2010. It is now alleged that illegal images were also found in this latest raid, and my understanding is that this will not be contested.''<ref>[https://heretictoc.com/2020/05/24/hanging-in-there-in-hengelo-hotspot/ HTOC: Hanging in there, Hengelo Hotspot]</ref></blockquote>

	==Historical legal issues==		==Historical legal issues==