NORTHERN IRELAND
BBC News
The Historical Institutional Abuse Inquiry has been told that a young boy was scalded by boiling water after being assaulted by a nun at a Belfast children’s home.
The victim was praised by the inquiry’s chairman for making “considerable physical effort” to give evidence.
The inquiry is examining abuse claims at Nazareth House and Nazareth Lodge.
The homes were run by the Sisters of Nazareth, who have repeated an earlier apology to all abused in their care.
The inquiry’s chairman, Sir Anthony Harte, said the victim, now an elderly man, has just been discharged from hospital but was “determined to come”.
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