NORTHERN IRELAND
The Guardian
Henry McDonald, Ireland correspondent
theguardian.com, Wednesday 29 January 2014
A former resident of a children’s care home in Derry, Northern Ireland, was told he was evil and had been born of a satanic relationship, the largest UK inquiry into institutional child abuse has heard.
The witness said a priest labelled him the product of such a union because his mother was unmarried.
He told the historical institutional abuse inquiry on Wednesday that he became “zombie like” during and after he left the Termonbacca home run by the Sisters of Nazareth.
The man, now 65, confronted the priest in the 1950s about maltreatment after leaving the home and was told “you and the other orphans are bastards. You are the product of an evil and satanic relationship. You never had a chance.”
On hearing this, the witness said: “That was the day I left the Catholic church.”
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