NORTHERN IRELAND
Belfast Telegraph
20 MAY 2014
A Catholic order of nuns has admitted that emotional abuse and neglect took place in its residential homes in Northern Ireland.
The Sisters of Nazareth have already acknowledged and apologised for physical and sexual attacks which occurred within their properties, a focus of the UK’s largest ever institutional child abuse public inquiry.
A senior member, speaking on behalf of the congregation, said evidence from victims at the Londonderry homes was “shocking and harrowing”.
Sister Brenda McCall said: “We must accept that at certain times, by certain sisters, things were just not right.”
The treatment of young people, orphaned or taken away from their unmarried mothers, in houses run by nuns, brothers or the state is a key concern of an investigation chaired by retired High Court judge Sir Anthony Hart which is being held in Banbridge, Co Down.
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