NORTHERN IRELAND
Irish Times
Gerry Moriarty
Mon, Feb 9, 2015
The Sisters of Nazareth have denied claims by a 65-year-old woman that while under their care as a child she suffered serious abuse.
The woman, now living in England, has told the North’s Historical Institutional Abuse inquiry that while in care as a child she was raped by two priests, sexually abused by two nuns and also forced to eat her own vomit.
The woman said when she was 10 or 11 and in care in Nazareth House in Belfast, she was sexually assaulted while attending confession.
A priest dragged her into the sacristy and raped her, she said. After the alleged assault, the priest told her she “was not worthy” and made her “beg for forgiveness”, the witness told the 92nd day of the inquiry on Monday.
She said the priest told her she “had the devil’s eyes”.
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