"[2] From 1986 until 2006, the group published OK Magazine, available only through the mail and not in shops, featuring essays, letters, interviews and photographs of scantily clad or naked children, mostly boys.

The group was seen as "widely reviled" though Dutch prosecutors initially formed the view that it could not be prosecuted.

[11] On 20 May 2011, Herman Spronck, the head of the Dutch arm of the Salesian Catholic order, confirmed to RTL Nieuws that a priest under him had been on the board of MARTIJN until the Van den Berg raids.

The judge stated that the group's actions and statements regarding sexual contact between adults and children were in conflict with the accepted norms and values of Dutch society.

[16] However, in April 2013, a higher court overturned this decision, upholding the Martijn club's right to freedom of association.

[17] On 18 April 2014, the Supreme Court overturned the acquittal and reinstated the trial judge's order.