NORTHERN IRELAND
Irish Independent
MICHAEL MCHUGH – 28 JANUARY 2014
SOME children at residential homes run by Catholic nuns were made to eat their own vomit, a lawyer said.
Those who wet their beds were forced to put soiled sheets on their heads by members of a harsh regime which was devoid of love, a public inquiry into child abuse at residential homes was told.
Children at Sisters of Nazareth properties in Derry were known by their numbers rather than names.
Many were allegedly subjected to humiliation, threats and physical abuse, according to Christine Smith, counsel to the Historical Institutional Abuse Inquiry in the North.
Between 1950 and 1965, small numbers of nuns were involved in caring for hundreds of children in Derry. Help was provided by older children and volunteers.
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