NORTHERN IRELAND
BBC News
A nun in charge of a Londonderry children’s home in the 1970s was “very caring”, an ex-social worker has said.
She was giving evidence to the Historical Abuse Inquiry about the former St Joseph’s Catholic children’s home in Termonbacca.
The inquiry is examining claims of abuse at 13 homes and training centres in Northern Ireland from 1922 to 1995.
The woman said Termonbacca was in large grounds with a high gate and could seem “intimidating” to young children.
She said she believed children were well fed and well dressed as well as having a roof over their heads.
But, she said: “They were very institutionalised. I would have been concerned for their emotional welfare”.
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