NORTHERN IRELAND
Belfast Telegraph
Kincora: Ulster Unionist leader Mike Nesbitt joins calls for inquiry into abuse at boys’ home
15 JULY 2014
Ulster Unionist leader Mike Nesbitt has joined the calls for an inquiry into the sexual abuse of children at Kincora.
The MLA for Strangford has backed the call for the UK Government to include the Kincora Boys’ Home in east Belfast in its inquiry into how public bodies dealt with allegations of child abuse.
Speaking today, he said: “This is not a criticism of the current Historical Institutional Abuse inquiry headed by Sir Anthony Hart. Rather it is an acknowledgement that the HIA’s Terms of Reference limit him to examine “if there were systemic failings by institutions or the state in their duties towards those children in their care…”
“The point about Kincora is that abuse was carried out, not as part of a systemic policy, but as a horrible, murky attempt to use children to gain control over prominent public figures.
He added: “For most of my adult life, there have been persistent rumours about who was either involved, or knew of what was going on but said nothing.
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