NORTHERN IRELAND
Belfast Telegraph
Scalded, abused and abandoned… man tells of abuse at hands of Nazareth House nuns
BY LESLEY HOUSTON – 08 JANUARY 2015
An elderly man has revealed harrowing details of being hit by a nun and scalded with boiling water during 10 years at a Belfast home.
The frail man in his 80s told yesterday’s Historical Institutional Abuse Inquiry how he ended up in hospital for three weeks following the incident at Nazareth House.
For others, however, their time to confront their abusers in the home run by the sisters of Nazareth came too late.
The inquiry was read hand-written testimony from one alleged victim, who died six years ago, that warned his tormentors would some day have to account for their actions.
It is examining abuse claims at Nazareth House and Nazareth Lodge. The two homes have previously apologised to all abused in their care.
The panel of inquiry first heard from a man, just released from hospital, who told how he was scalded with boiling water after being assaulted by a nun.
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