NORTHERN IRELAND
Belfast Telegraph
We deeply regret any maltreatment and hurt to children at Sisters of Nazareth, says Sister Brenda McCall
BY DEBORAH MCALEESE – 21 MAY 2014
For several weeks Sister Brenda McCall quietly listened to stories of the horrific abuse of young children placed in the care of the Sisters of Nazareth.
Yesterday she described the evidence of alleged victims to the Historical Institutional Abuse Inquiry as shocking and harrowing.
As she left the witness box after her second day of evidence to the inquiry, Sister Brenda, a member of the Sisters of Nazareth Congregational Group, apologised to those who were abused while in their care.
The inquiry, which is currently examining events at two Derry children’s homes, has heard allegations of how children were subject to physical attacks, as well as sexual and emotional abuse while in the care of the nuns.
“I would like to say, having sat up the back these last few weeks, it has been a very harrowing and challenging time for us. To listen to the evidence given was very harrowing indeed,” she said.
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