UNITED KINGDOM
Bedfordshire on Sunday

AFTER a 16 year investigation by this newspaper there is real hope of justice over allegations of sexual and physical abuse at a former Catholic boys home.

The police announced this week that they are reviewing and stepping up the investigation into the former orphanage, St Francis Boys Home in Shefford. It is to be led by a senior officer who will have a team focusing entirely on this case. They will be reviewing all complaints and evidence.

Two suspects are still alive and have been questioned by police.

Since the announcement many more former residents have come forward and the total number claiming they were abused could exceed 100.

They said they suffered physical and sexual abuse by the priests who ran the orphanage and physical and emotional abuse from the nuns who worked there.

The accusations relate mainly to the 1950s and…