UNITED KINGDOM
Bedfordshire on Sunday
A CARER at a Catholic children’s home carried out a campaign of sexual and physical abuse against 26 boys in his care in the 1960s and 1970s, a court has heard.
James McCann, 80, allegedly tortured some of the lads by clapping his hands over their ears, causing excruciating pain and nausea.
McCann is said to have abused the youngsters while working at the St Francis Children’s Home, in Shefford, Bedfordshire.
He joined the school at the age of 29 in 1965 and worked there until it closed in 1974, the Old Bailey heard yesterday (September 12).
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